diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c69abfac0e71e9befb15ed47a7a1810d29e11cc9..b84badcae3a523fd88be276c5ecf5ca2ed175451 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ release.
 
 ### Added
 - Added backplane options for SunIllumination and SurfaceObliqueDetectorResolution to phocube [#5467](https://github.com/DOI-USGS/ISIS3/issues/5467)
+- Added *.history to the ignore list in downloadIsisData
 
 ### Changed
 - Explode has been refactored to be callable; old Makefile test has been removed and replaced by a gtest. Issue: [#5557](https://github.com/USGS-Astrogeology/ISIS3/issues/5557)
diff --git a/isis/scripts/downloadIsisData b/isis/scripts/downloadIsisData
index bfdfc2b808de639ba6ae4303f93b0cd2411ed322..98befd810214ca15684c6ae2f518cefd28067234 100755
--- a/isis/scripts/downloadIsisData
+++ b/isis/scripts/downloadIsisData
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ filter_list = [
         '- ek/',
         '- *.lbl',
         '- *.txt',
+        '- *.history',
         '- misc/',
         '- document/',
         '- *.csv',