diff --git a/yarn-project/circuits.js/package.json b/yarn-project/circuits.js/package.json
index 58628aaf169..1dba13567b9 100644
--- a/yarn-project/circuits.js/package.json
+++ b/yarn-project/circuits.js/package.json
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
   "files": [
     "dest",
     "src",
+    "resources",
     "!*.test.*"
   ],
   "types": "./dest/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/yarn-project/yarn-project-base/scripts/update_package_jsons.mjs b/yarn-project/yarn-project-base/scripts/update_package_jsons.mjs
index 49fe7337565..7f59317c058 100644
--- a/yarn-project/yarn-project-base/scripts/update_package_jsons.mjs
+++ b/yarn-project/yarn-project-base/scripts/update_package_jsons.mjs
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ function getUpdatedValue(source, target, key) {
   const value = source[key];
   if (typeof value === 'object' && !Array.isArray(value)) {
     return { ...target[key], ...value };
+    // merge required files if a project requires more than what's in common
+  } else if (key === 'files') {
+    const res = [...target[key], ...value];
+    return Array.from(new Set(res));
   } else {
     return value;
   }