diff --git a/issue_template.md b/.github/issue_template.md
similarity index 100%
rename from issue_template.md
rename to .github/issue_template.md
diff --git a/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
similarity index 100%
rename from pull_request_template.md
rename to .github/pull_request_template.md
diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index 3f2fd8b2afa..b10ae34298b 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@ built
 doc
 Gulpfile.ts
 internal
-issue_template.md
 jenkins.sh
 lib/README.md
 lib/enu
 netci.groovy
-pull_request_template.md
 scripts
 src
 tests
@@ -24,3 +22,4 @@ Jakefile.js
 test.config
 package-lock.json
 yarn.lock
+.github/