diff --git a/charts/argo-events/.helmignore b/charts/argo-events/.helmignore
index f0c13194..bd6be9f3 100644
--- a/charts/argo-events/.helmignore
+++ b/charts/argo-events/.helmignore
@@ -19,3 +19,5 @@
 .project
 .idea/
 *.tmproj
+# Custom Resource Definitions for manual creation only
+crds/