diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c3afe448bc..5e3cda2255 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 ### Template
 
-- Change GitHub Codespaces badge style ([#3869](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/3869))
+- Change GitHub Codespaces badge style ([#3869](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/3869) and [#3873](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/3873))
 
 ### Linting
 
diff --git a/nf_core/pipelines/create/template_features.yml b/nf_core/pipelines/create/template_features.yml
index 9d88275b8d..0801f1ff75 100644
--- a/nf_core/pipelines/create/template_features.yml
+++ b/nf_core/pipelines/create/template_features.yml
@@ -239,6 +239,8 @@ components_modules:
           - "conf/base.config"
           - "conf/modules.config"
           - "modules.json"
+        files_unchanged:
+          - ".prettierignore"
       nfcore_pipelines: False
       custom_pipelines: True
       default: true