diff --git a/.changeset/weak-masks-change.md b/.changeset/weak-masks-change.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9ac0e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/weak-masks-change.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@foundry-rs/hardhat-forge": patch
+---
+
+Ignore metadata files when getting contract artifacts
diff --git a/packages/hardhat-forge/src/forge/artifacts.ts b/packages/hardhat-forge/src/forge/artifacts.ts
index 91e2575..13bb221 100644
--- a/packages/hardhat-forge/src/forge/artifacts.ts
+++ b/packages/hardhat-forge/src/forge/artifacts.ts
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ export class ForgeArtifacts implements IArtifacts {
     const paths = await glob(path.join(this._out, "**/*.json"), {
       ignore: path.join(this._buildInfo, "*.json"),
     });
-    return paths.sort();
+    return paths.filter((p) => !p.endsWith(".metadata.json")).sort();
   }
 
   public async getBuildInfoPaths(): Promise<string[]> {
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ export class ForgeArtifacts implements IArtifacts {
     const paths = globSync(path.join(this._out, "**/*.json"), {
       ignore: path.join(this._buildInfo, "*.json"),
     });
-    return paths.sort();
+    return paths.filter((p) => !p.endsWith(".metadata.json")).sort();
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/hardhat-forge/test/project.test.ts b/packages/hardhat-forge/test/project.test.ts
index 7cea578..7a78c57 100644
--- a/packages/hardhat-forge/test/project.test.ts
+++ b/packages/hardhat-forge/test/project.test.ts
@@ -48,8 +48,10 @@ describe("Integration tests", function () {
     it("Should write artifacts to disk", async function () {
       const artifacts = await this.hre.artifacts.getArtifactPaths();
       const files = await getAllFiles(this.hre.config.paths.artifacts);
-      // filter out the debug files
-      const filtered = files.filter((f) => !f.includes(".dbg.json"));
+      // filter out the debug files and metadata
+      const filtered = files
+        .filter((f) => !f.includes(".dbg.json"))
+        .filter((f) => !f.includes(".metadata.json"));
       assert.equal(artifacts.length, filtered.length);
 
       for (const file of filtered) {