diff --git a/.changeset/rich-crews-worry.md b/.changeset/rich-crews-worry.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9cfe699a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/rich-crews-worry.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@graphprotocol/graph-cli': patch
+'@graphprotocol/graph-ts': patch
+---
+
+publish readme with packages
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 3ca7a3037..cf3d1f76b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
   "main": "dist/cli.js",
   "files": [
     "CHANGELOG.md",
-    "dist"
+    "dist",
+    "README.md"
   ],
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc -b tsconfig.build.json && copyfiles -u 1 src/**/*.graphql dist/ && chmod +x ./dist/bin.js",
diff --git a/packages/ts/package.json b/packages/ts/package.json
index ff6e5c14c..a0e861d7d 100644
--- a/packages/ts/package.json
+++ b/packages/ts/package.json
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
   "main": "index.ts",
   "module": "index.ts",
   "types": "index.ts",
+  "files": [
+    "README.md"
+  ],
   "scripts": {
     "build": "asc --explicitStart --exportRuntime --runtime stub index.ts helper-functions.ts --lib graph-ts -b index.wasm",
     "format": "prettier --write -c **/*.{js,ts}",