diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/gpg/FilesCollector.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/gpg/FilesCollector.java
index 646b246..17db184 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/gpg/FilesCollector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/gpg/FilesCollector.java
@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@
 public class FilesCollector {
     private final MavenProject project;
 
-    private static final String[] DEFAULT_EXCLUDES =
-            new String[] {"**/*.md5", "**/*.sha1", "**/*.sha256", "**/*.sha512", "**/*.asc", "**/*.sigstore"};
+    private static final String[] DEFAULT_EXCLUDES = new String[] {
+        "**/*.md5", "**/*.sha1", "**/*.sha256", "**/*.sha512", "**/*.asc", "**/.sigstore", "**/*.sigstore.json"
+    };
 
     private final String[] excludes;