diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c9633bd0db..8d97f79050 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 
 ### Linting
 
+- TEMPLATE: ignore nf-core components during prettier linting ([#3858](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/3858))
+
 ### Modules
 
 - Add `topics` to the template + update linting ([#3779](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/3779))
diff --git a/nf_core/pipeline-template/.prettierignore b/nf_core/pipeline-template/.prettierignore
index aa0b8c2529..3c6e89c11b 100644
--- a/nf_core/pipeline-template/.prettierignore
+++ b/nf_core/pipeline-template/.prettierignore
@@ -20,3 +20,7 @@ bin/
 {%- if rocrate %}
 ro-crate-metadata.json
 {%- endif %}
+{%- if modules %}
+modules/nf-core/
+subworkflows/nf-core/
+{%- endif %}