diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index bce54e765..2a616c4ad 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ docs
 plugins/*/lib
 plugins/*/lib-esm
 plugins/*/node_modules
+node_modules
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index addede367..ce61dab7e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ NOTE: As semantic versioning states all 0.y.z releases can contain breaking chan
 - [#137](https://github.com/kobsio/kobs/pull/137): Change log view for the ClickHouse and Elasticsearch plugin.
 - [#139](https://github.com/kobsio/kobs/pull/139): Update Go and JavaScript dependencies.
 - [#140](https://github.com/kobsio/kobs/pull/140): Fill the chart for the distribution of the log lines with zero value.
+- [#141](https://github.com/kobsio/kobs/pull/141): Add `node_modules` to `.dockerignore`.
 
 ## [v0.5.0](https://github.com/kobsio/kobs/releases/tag/v0.5.0) (2021-08-03)