diff --git a/.changeset/fix-typescript-go-submodule-tracking.md b/.changeset/fix-typescript-go-submodule-tracking.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a3ce0219
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-typescript-go-submodule-tracking.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@effect/tsgo": patch
+---
+
+Fix the automated TypeScript-Go update workflow so it tracks submodule commit changes while still ignoring local patched worktree noise inside the `typescript-go` submodule.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-typescript-go.yml b/.github/workflows/update-typescript-go.yml
index 40b652ce..02a38bd4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-typescript-go.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-typescript-go.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
           submodules: recursive
 
       - name: Track TypeScript-Go submodule updates in Git
-        run: git config submodule.typescript-go.ignore none
+        run: git config submodule.typescript-go.ignore dirty
 
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 4fe05268..9fb8f0ed 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [submodule "typescript-go"]
 	path = typescript-go
 	url = https://github.com/microsoft/typescript-go.git
-	ignore = all
+	ignore = dirty