diff --git a/crates/auto_update/src/auto_update.rs b/crates/auto_update/src/auto_update.rs
index b506b1b31f7e1840a8a78219c8843687ff85cd2c..53fac7beac2475d06f4a0f886536942308f9976c 100644
--- a/crates/auto_update/src/auto_update.rs
+++ b/crates/auto_update/src/auto_update.rs
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ async fn install_release_macos(
     };
 
     let output = new_command("rsync")
-        .args(["-av", "--delete"])
+        .args(["-av", "--delete", "--exclude", "Icon?"])
         .arg(&mounted_app_path)
         .arg(&running_app_path)
         .output()