diff --git a/packages/desktop-client/.eslintignore b/packages/desktop-client/.eslintignore
index e39c09a7550617e693a34f8593ada0f44d59b5b3..d2ef22e7b9c7f365cb12768564092aa2b22abc6a 100644
--- a/packages/desktop-client/.eslintignore
+++ b/packages/desktop-client/.eslintignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 bundle.browser.js
 build/
 public/kcab/
+public/data/
 **/node_modules/*
-node_modules/
\ No newline at end of file
+node_modules/
diff --git a/upcoming-release-notes/1199.md b/upcoming-release-notes/1199.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ab9d6e48f50597412b13191c0b8324b26be341f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/upcoming-release-notes/1199.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+category: Maintenance
+authors: [j-f1]
+---
+
+Add `public/data` to `.eslintignore` in `desktop-client`