diff --git a/build/zip-examples.mjs b/build/zip-examples.mjs
index e66a939e301f..d48fa4762ca5 100644
--- a/build/zip-examples.mjs
+++ b/build/zip-examples.mjs
@@ -111,7 +111,10 @@ const formatPromises = htmlFiles.map(async file => {
 
 await Promise.all(formatPromises)
 
-// create the zip file
+// remove .DS_Store files and create the zip file
+for (const file of sh.find(distFolder).filter(f => path.basename(f) === '.DS_Store')) {
+  sh.rm('-f', file)
+}
 sh.exec(`zip -qr9 "${distFolder}.zip" "${distFolder}"`)
 
 // remove the folder we created
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a47a7c383002..f5c50f1389e6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     "release": "npm-run-all dist release-sri docs-build release-zip*",
     "release-sri": "node build/generate-sri.mjs",
     "release-version": "node build/change-version.mjs",
-    "release-zip": "cross-env-shell \"rm -rf bootstrap-$npm_package_version-dist bootstrap-$npm_package_version-dist.zip && cp -r dist/ bootstrap-$npm_package_version-dist && zip -qr9 bootstrap-$npm_package_version-dist.zip bootstrap-$npm_package_version-dist && rm -rf bootstrap-$npm_package_version-dist\"",
+    "release-zip": "cross-env-shell \"rm -rf bootstrap-$npm_package_version-dist bootstrap-$npm_package_version-dist.zip && cp -r dist/ bootstrap-$npm_package_version-dist && find bootstrap-$npm_package_version-dist -name .DS_Store -delete && zip -qr9 bootstrap-$npm_package_version-dist.zip bootstrap-$npm_package_version-dist && rm -rf bootstrap-$npm_package_version-dist\"",
     "release-zip-examples": "node build/zip-examples.mjs",
     "dist": "npm-run-all --aggregate-output --parallel css js",
     "test": "npm-run-all lint dist js-test docs-build docs-lint",