diff --git a/node_modules/npm-packlist/lib/index.js b/node_modules/npm-packlist/lib/index.js
index e4a2e76c545f6..bd72329f027e6 100644
--- a/node_modules/npm-packlist/lib/index.js
+++ b/node_modules/npm-packlist/lib/index.js
@@ -34,10 +34,13 @@ const glob = require('glob')
 const globify = pattern => pattern.split('\\').join('/')
 
 const readOutOfTreeIgnoreFiles = (root, rel, result = '') => {
-  for (const file of ['.gitignore', '.npmignore']) {
+  for (const file of ['.npmignore', '.gitignore']) {
     try {
       const ignoreContent = fs.readFileSync(path.join(root, file), { encoding: 'utf8' })
       result += ignoreContent + '\n'
+      // break the loop immediately after concatting, this allows us to prioritize the
+      // .npmignore and discard the .gitignore if one exists
+      break
     } catch (err) {
       // we ignore ENOENT errors completely because we don't care if the file doesn't exist
       // but we throw everything else because failing to read a file that does exist is
diff --git a/node_modules/npm-packlist/package.json b/node_modules/npm-packlist/package.json
index dfa0188b4c437..4c63caf21e810 100644
--- a/node_modules/npm-packlist/package.json
+++ b/node_modules/npm-packlist/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "npm-packlist",
-  "version": "5.1.0",
+  "version": "5.1.1",
   "description": "Get a list of the files to add from a folder into an npm package",
   "directories": {
     "test": "test"
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 387d80a55326e..9df449f6986b8 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -5141,9 +5141,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/npm-packlist": {
-      "version": "5.1.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/npm-packlist/-/npm-packlist-5.1.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-a04sqF6FbkyOAFA19AA0e94gS7Et5T2/IMj3VOT9nOF2RaRdVPQ1Q17Fb/HaDRFs+gbC7HOmhVZ29adpWgmDZg==",
+      "version": "5.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/npm-packlist/-/npm-packlist-5.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-UfpSvQ5YKwctmodvPPkK6Fwk603aoVsf8AEbmVKAEECrfvL8SSe1A2YIwrJ6xmTHAITKPwwZsWo7WwEbNk0kxw==",
       "inBundle": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "glob": "^8.0.1",