diff --git a/pkg/pkg.go b/pkg/pkg.go
index 13757962..221a7bfd 100644
--- a/pkg/pkg.go
+++ b/pkg/pkg.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func Vendor(ctx context.Context, p string) error {
 	// generate `.gitattributes` file
 	if err := os.WriteFile(
 		path.Join(cuePkgDir, ".gitattributes"),
-		[]byte("# generated by dagger\n** linguist-generated\n"),
+		[]byte("# generated by dagger\n** linguist-generated=true\n"),
 		0600,
 	); err != nil {
 		return err