diff --git a/cli/internal/helm/BUILD.bazel b/cli/internal/helm/BUILD.bazel
index 87cf36783..f1d11519b 100644
--- a/cli/internal/helm/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/cli/internal/helm/BUILD.bazel
@@ -393,6 +393,7 @@ go_library(
         "charts/edgeless/constellation-services/charts/aws-load-balancer-controller/templates/webhook.yaml",
         "charts/edgeless/constellation-services/charts/aws-load-balancer-controller/test.yaml",
         "charts/edgeless/constellation-services/charts/aws-load-balancer-controller/values.yaml",
+        "charts/edgeless/constellation-services/charts/aws-load-balancer-controller/.helmignore",
     ],
     importpath = "github.com/edgelesssys/constellation/v2/cli/internal/helm",
     visibility = ["//cli:__subpackages__"],
diff --git a/cli/internal/helm/charts/edgeless/constellation-services/charts/aws-load-balancer-controller/.helmignore b/cli/internal/helm/charts/edgeless/constellation-services/charts/aws-load-balancer-controller/.helmignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..67263be0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/internal/helm/charts/edgeless/constellation-services/charts/aws-load-balancer-controller/.helmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Patterns to ignore when building packages.
+# This supports shell glob matching, relative path matching, and
+# negation (prefixed with !). Only one pattern per line.
+.DS_Store
+# Common VCS dirs
+.git/
+.gitignore
+.bzr/
+.bzrignore
+.hg/
+.hgignore
+.svn/
+# Common backup files
+*.swp
+*.bak
+*.tmp
+*.orig
+*~
+# Various IDEs
+.project
+.idea/
+*.tmproj
+.vscode/
+crds/kustomization.yaml
+test.yaml
diff --git a/cli/internal/helm/loader_test.go b/cli/internal/helm/loader_test.go
index 0fe1266b3..86d795c42 100644
--- a/cli/internal/helm/loader_test.go
+++ b/cli/internal/helm/loader_test.go
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ func TestConstellationServices(t *testing.T) {
 				verificationServiceImage: "verificationImage",
 				konnectivityImage:        "konnectivityImage",
 				gcpGuestAgentImage:       "gcpGuestAgentImage",
+				clusterName:              "testCluster",
 			}
 			chart, err := loadChartsDir(helmFS, constellationServicesInfo.path)
 			require.NoError(err)
diff --git a/cli/internal/helm/update-aws-load-balancer-chart.sh b/cli/internal/helm/update-aws-load-balancer-chart.sh
index 482b2d464..b53fad574 100755
--- a/cli/internal/helm/update-aws-load-balancer-chart.sh
+++ b/cli/internal/helm/update-aws-load-balancer-chart.sh
@@ -41,4 +41,5 @@ rm -r "${chart_base_path:?}/${chart_name}"
 
 # move new chart
 mkdir -p "${chart_base_path}/${chart_name}"
-cp -r "${repo_tmp_dir}/${chart_dir}"/* "${chart_base_path}/${chart_name}"
+# do not use /* because it will not copy hidden files
+cp -r "${repo_tmp_dir}/${chart_dir}" "${chart_base_path}/"