diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 8e73ce77..f33e27ab 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "4.24.0"
+  ".": "4.24.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6a39fe91..634fe0c9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [4.24.1](https://github.com/npm/template-oss/compare/v4.24.0...v4.24.1) (2025-02-04)
+### Bug Fixes
+* [`4f871ab`](https://github.com/npm/template-oss/commit/4f871ab853b41d745cfd6078f3bbe1855f5750e7) [#503](https://github.com/npm/template-oss/pull/503) tap exclude (#503) (@reggi)
+
 ## [4.24.0](https://github.com/npm/template-oss/compare/v4.23.6...v4.24.0) (2025-01-30)
 ### Features
 * [`402d480`](https://github.com/npm/template-oss/commit/402d4804efe15fcbda90c96e36efcb600cc08dc2) [#500](https://github.com/npm/template-oss/pull/500) engines to ^20.17.0 || >=22.9.0 (#500) (@reggi)
diff --git a/lib/content/package-json.hbs b/lib/content/package-json.hbs
index df5fb1a2..14fd56d4 100644
--- a/lib/content/package-json.hbs
+++ b/lib/content/package-json.hbs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     "exclude": {{{ del }}},
     {{#if workspacePaths}}
       "exclude": {{#if tap18}}[
-        "{{ join workspaceGlobs "," }}"
+        "{{ json workspaceGlobs }}"
         ]{{else }}{{{ del }}}{{/if}},
       "test-ignore": {{#if tap18}}{{{ del }}}{{else}}"^({{ join workspacePaths "|" }})/"{{/if}},
     {{/if}}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5d4861f9..b29a94a9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@npmcli/template-oss",
-  "version": "4.24.0",
+  "version": "4.24.1",
   "description": "templated files used in npm CLI team oss projects",
   "main": "lib/content/index.js",
   "bin": {