diff --git a/packages/dts-generator/package.json b/packages/dts-generator/package.json
index c220440..dc05aa3 100644
--- a/packages/dts-generator/package.json
+++ b/packages/dts-generator/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "clean": "del-cli -f dist",
-    "copy-files": "copyfiles -V -u 1 \"src/**/*.json\" \"src/**/core-preamble.d.ts\" \"src/**/dtslintConfig/.npmignore\" \"src/**/dtslintConfig/openui5-tests.ts\" \"src/**/dtslintConfig/.eslintrc.json\" \"src/**/dtslintConfig/forDefinitelyTypedDir/.eslintrc.cjs\" \"src/**/api-json.d.ts\" dist/",
+    "copy-files": "copyfiles -V -u 1 \"src/**/*.json\" \"src/**/core-preamble.d.ts\" \"src/**/dtslintConfig/.npm___ignore\" \"src/**/dtslintConfig/openui5-tests.ts\" \"src/**/dtslintConfig/.eslintrc.json\" \"src/**/dtslintConfig/forDefinitelyTypedDir/.eslintrc.cjs\" \"src/**/api-json.d.ts\" dist/",
     "prebuild": "npm-run-all clean copy-files",
     "build": "tsc",
     "postbuild": "npm-run-all build-api-types clean-implementation-types",
diff --git a/packages/dts-generator/src/checkDtslint/check-dtslint.ts b/packages/dts-generator/src/checkDtslint/check-dtslint.ts
index 2944fbd..8561417 100644
--- a/packages/dts-generator/src/checkDtslint/check-dtslint.ts
+++ b/packages/dts-generator/src/checkDtslint/check-dtslint.ts
@@ -94,17 +94,17 @@ if (!fs.existsSync(tempDir)) {
     fs.unlinkSync(path.join(tempDir, file));
   }
 }
-// fill it with the config files required for dtslint
+// fill it with the config files required for dtslint (dtslint is very strict about checking its environment and even the content of the files it expects)
 [
   "tsconfig.json",
   ".eslintrc.json",
   "package.json",
-  ".npmignore",
+  ".npm___ignore", // renamed to avoid it being used when npm releases the dts-generator package
   "openui5-tests.ts",
 ].forEach((file) => {
   fs.copyFileSync(
     new URL("dtslintConfig/" + file, import.meta.url),
-    path.join(tempDir, file),
+    path.join(tempDir, file === ".npm___ignore" ? ".npmignore" : file),
   );
 });
 fs.copyFileSync(
diff --git a/packages/dts-generator/src/checkDtslint/dtslintConfig/.npmignore b/packages/dts-generator/src/checkDtslint/dtslintConfig/.npm___ignore
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/dts-generator/src/checkDtslint/dtslintConfig/.npmignore
rename to packages/dts-generator/src/checkDtslint/dtslintConfig/.npm___ignore
diff --git a/packages/dts-generator/src/checkDtslint/dtslintConfig/package.json b/packages/dts-generator/src/checkDtslint/dtslintConfig/package.json
index f65d187..e09f77b 100644
--- a/packages/dts-generator/src/checkDtslint/dtslintConfig/package.json
+++ b/packages/dts-generator/src/checkDtslint/dtslintConfig/package.json
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
   "private": true,
   "name": "@types/openui5",
   "version": "1.120.9999",
+  "nonNpm": true,
+  "nonNpmDescription": "openui5",
   "projects": [
     "https://github.com/SAP/openui5"
   ],