diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 960fa66a..3e4906ae 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ Release Information
 path = "CHANGELOG.rst"
 pattern = "(^v.+?)\nv"
 
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
+exclude = [
+  "/jsonschema/benchmarks",
+]
+
 [tool.coverage.html]
 show_contexts = true
 skip_covered = false