diff --git a/.stow-local-ignore b/.stow-local-ignore
index ec6b2c4..d0336ad 100644
--- a/.stow-local-ignore
+++ b/.stow-local-ignore
@@ -23,3 +23,5 @@ _darcs
 ^/COPYING
 
 .archive
+
+updates_list.txt  # don't include checkupdates.sh output file