diff --git a/bin/helpers/archiver.js b/bin/helpers/archiver.js
index 4ffcccd1..e91e6d67 100644
--- a/bin/helpers/archiver.js
+++ b/bin/helpers/archiver.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ const archiveSpecs = (runSettings, filePath, excludeFiles) => {
     let ignoreFiles = getFilesToIgnore(runSettings, excludeFiles);
 
     Constants.allowedFileTypes.forEach(fileType => {
-      archive.glob(`**/*.${fileType}`, { cwd: cypressFolderPath, matchBase: true, ignore: ignoreFiles });
+      archive.glob(`**/*.${fileType}`, { cwd: cypressFolderPath, matchBase: true, ignore: ignoreFiles, dot:true });
     });
 
     let packageJSON = {};
diff --git a/bin/helpers/constants.js b/bin/helpers/constants.js
index 0f89948a..03de800d 100644
--- a/bin/helpers/constants.js
+++ b/bin/helpers/constants.js
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ const messageTypes = {
   NULL: null
 }
 
-const allowedFileTypes = ['js', 'json', 'txt', 'ts', 'feature', 'features', 'pdf', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'png', 'zip'];
+const allowedFileTypes = ['js', 'json', 'txt', 'ts', 'feature', 'features', 'pdf', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'png', 'zip', 'npmrc'];
 
 const filesToIgnoreWhileUploading = ['node_modules/**', 'package-lock.json', 'package.json', 'browserstack-package.json', 'tests.zip', 'cypress.json']