diff --git a/tasks/admin/components/update.js b/tasks/admin/components/update.js
index a7e94f335..e4b57a572 100644
--- a/tasks/admin/components/update.js
+++ b/tasks/admin/components/update.js
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ module.exports = function(callback) {
     function commitFiles() {
       // commit files
       console.info('Committing ' + component + ' files', commitArgs);
-      gulp.src('**/*', gitOptions)
+      gulp.src('./', gitOptions)
         .pipe(git.add(gitOptions))
         .pipe(git.commit(commitMessage, commitOptions))
         .on('error', function(error) {
diff --git a/tasks/admin/distributions/update.js b/tasks/admin/distributions/update.js
index 8a9bcbbed..0035cc3f9 100644
--- a/tasks/admin/distributions/update.js
+++ b/tasks/admin/distributions/update.js
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ module.exports = function(callback) {
     function commitFiles() {
       // commit files
       console.info('Committing ' + distribution + ' files', commitArgs);
-      gulp.src('**/*', gitOptions)
+      gulp.src('./', gitOptions)
         .pipe(git.add(gitOptions))
         .pipe(git.commit(commitMessage, commitOptions))
         .on('error', function(error) {