diff --git a/infrastructure/terraform/modules/lambda_with_api_gateway/variables.tf b/infrastructure/terraform/modules/lambda_with_api_gateway/variables.tf
index b32380de..ba2d844e 100644
--- a/infrastructure/terraform/modules/lambda_with_api_gateway/variables.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/terraform/modules/lambda_with_api_gateway/variables.tf
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ variable "runtime"    { type = string }
 
 variable "zip_excludes" {
   type    = list(string)
-  default = ["**/__pycache__/**", "**/*.pyc", "**/.pytest_cache/**"]
+  default = ["**/__pycache__/**", "**/*.pyc", "**/.pytest_cache/**", "**/tests/**"]
 }
 
 variable "timeout"     {