diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2ae03b7..00aa42e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog for ndx-pose
 
+## ndx-pose 0.2.1 (September 26, 2024)
+
+### Bug fixes
+- Fixed missing files in source distribution (`.tar.gz`). @rly (#35)
+
 ## ndx-pose 0.2.0 (September 26, 2024)
 
 ### Major changes
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 30d8890..dc00ba2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "ndx-pose"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 authors = [
     { name="Ryan Ly", email="rly@lbl.gov" },
     { name="Ben Dichter", email="bdichter@lbl.gov" },
@@ -67,14 +67,20 @@ packages = [
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel.sources]
 "spec" = "ndx_pose/spec"
 
-# The source distribution includes everything in the package except for the `src/matnwb` directory and
-# git and github-related files.
+# The source distribution includes everything in the package, 
+# except for the `src/matnwb` directory, git and github-related files,
+# auto-generated docs, and build artifacts.
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist]
+ignore-vcs = true
 exclude = [
     ".git*",
     "src/matnwb",
+    "docs/source/_format_auto_docs",
+    "build",
+    "*.egg-info/",
 ]
 
+
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 # uncomment below to run pytest with code coverage reporting. NOTE: breakpoints may not work
 # addopts = "--cov --cov-report html"