diff --git a/packages/assert/.npmignore b/packages/assert/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..50b874d6ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/assert/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/src/
+/scripts/
+test/
+tsconfig.json
diff --git a/packages/assert/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/assert/CHANGELOG.md
index cd04130de9..9c17bb9258 100644
--- a/packages/assert/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/assert/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
-## v0.0.4 - _Nov. 14, 2017_
+## v0.0.5 - _February 9, 2017_
+
+    * Fix publishing issue where .npmignore was not properly excluding undesired content
+
+## v0.0.4 - _November 14, 2017_
 
     * Re-publish Assert previously published under NPM package @0xproject/0x-assert
     * Added assertion isValidBaseUnitAmount which checks both that the value is a valid bigNumber and that it does not contain decimals.