diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index c6035fe..67b78b3 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: attachment
 Title: Deal with Dependencies
-Version: 0.4.5
+Version: 0.4.5.0001
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Vincent", "Guyader", , "vincent@thinkr.fr", role = c("cre", "aut"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-0671-9270")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 52d2b75..14867e3 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# dev version
+
+- fix `create_renv_for_dev` by removing 'renv' from folder_to_include.
+
+
 # attachment 0.4.5
 
 ## Bug fixes 
diff --git a/R/create_renv.R b/R/create_renv.R
index 0be12ba..e0b6031 100644
--- a/R/create_renv.R
+++ b/R/create_renv.R
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ extra_dev_pkg <- c(
 #' }
 create_renv_for_dev <- function(path = ".",
                                 dev_pkg = "_default",
-                                folder_to_include = c("dev", "data-raw","renv"),
+                                folder_to_include = c("dev", "data-raw"),
                                 folder_to_exclude = c("renv"),
                                 output = "renv.lock",
                                 install_if_missing = TRUE,
@@ -189,11 +189,12 @@ create_renv_for_prod <- function(path = ".",
                                  output = "renv.lock.prod",
                                  dev_pkg = "remotes",
                                  check_if_suggests_is_installed = FALSE,
+                                 folder_to_include = NULL,
                                  ...) {
   create_renv_for_dev(
     path = path,
     dev_pkg = dev_pkg,
-    folder_to_include = NULL,
+    folder_to_include = folder_to_include,
     output = output,
     check_if_suggests_is_installed = check_if_suggests_is_installed,
     ...
diff --git a/attachment.Rproj b/attachment.Rproj
index 69fafd4..549ffaf 100644
--- a/attachment.Rproj
+++ b/attachment.Rproj
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Version: 1.0
+ProjectId: 1cd36a70-f133-492f-8dcd-c936e36d7634
 
 RestoreWorkspace: No
 SaveWorkspace: No
diff --git a/man/create_renv_for_dev.Rd b/man/create_renv_for_dev.Rd
index 4337d1c..228888d 100644
--- a/man/create_renv_for_dev.Rd
+++ b/man/create_renv_for_dev.Rd
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 create_renv_for_dev(
   path = ".",
   dev_pkg = "_default",
-  folder_to_include = c("dev", "data-raw", "renv"),
+  folder_to_include = c("dev", "data-raw"),
   folder_to_exclude = c("renv"),
   output = "renv.lock",
   install_if_missing = TRUE,
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ create_renv_for_prod(
   output = "renv.lock.prod",
   dev_pkg = "remotes",
   check_if_suggests_is_installed = FALSE,
+  folder_to_include = NULL,
   ...
 )
 }