diff --git a/drf_excel/renderers.py b/drf_excel/renderers.py
index 56727e9..ba29313 100644
--- a/drf_excel/renderers.py
+++ b/drf_excel/renderers.py
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ def _flatten_serializer_keys(
         use_labels=False,
     ):
         """
-        Iterate through serializer fields recursively when field is a nested serializer.
+        Iterate through serializer fields recursively when field is a nested serializer. Skip write_only fields.
         """
 
         def _get_label(parent_label, label_sep, obj):
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ def _get_label(parent_label, label_sep, obj):
         for k, v in _fields.items():
             new_key = f"{parent_key}{key_sep}{k}" if parent_key else k
             # Skip headers we want to ignore
-            if new_key in self.ignore_headers:
+            if new_key in self.ignore_headers or getattr(v, "write_only", False):
                 continue
             # Iterate through fields if field is a serializer. Check for labels and
             # append if `use_labels` is True. Fallback to using keys.
diff --git a/tests/test_viewset_mixin.py b/tests/test_viewset_mixin.py
index eb0395c..7799258 100644
--- a/tests/test_viewset_mixin.py
+++ b/tests/test_viewset_mixin.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from rest_framework.test import APIClient
 from time_machine import TimeMachineFixture
 
-from tests.testapp.models import AllFieldsModel, ExampleModel, Tag
+from tests.testapp.models import AllFieldsModel, ExampleModel, SecretFieldModel, Tag
 
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.django_db
 
@@ -93,3 +93,20 @@ def test_all_fields_viewset(
         True,
         "test, example",
     ]
+
+
+def test_secret_field_viewset(api_client, workbook_reader):
+    SecretFieldModel.objects.create(title="foo", secret="bar")
+
+    response = api_client.get("/secret-field/")
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+
+    wb = workbook_reader(response.content)
+    sheet = wb.worksheets[0]
+    rows = list(sheet.rows)
+    assert len(rows) == 2
+    header, data = rows
+
+    # Check that the secret field is not included in the header or data
+    assert [col.value for col in header] == ["title"]
+    assert [col.value for col in data] == ["foo"]
diff --git a/tests/testapp/models.py b/tests/testapp/models.py
index 22fb3d2..493a04f 100644
--- a/tests/testapp/models.py
+++ b/tests/testapp/models.py
@@ -30,3 +30,11 @@ def __str__(self):
 
     def get_tag_names(self):
         return [tag.name for tag in self.tags.all()]
+
+
+class SecretFieldModel(models.Model):
+    title = models.CharField(max_length=100)
+    secret = models.CharField(max_length=100)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.title
diff --git a/tests/testapp/serializers.py b/tests/testapp/serializers.py
index e788d2f..e433822 100644
--- a/tests/testapp/serializers.py
+++ b/tests/testapp/serializers.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from rest_framework import serializers
 
-from .models import AllFieldsModel, ExampleModel
+from .models import AllFieldsModel, ExampleModel, SecretFieldModel
 
 
 class ExampleSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
@@ -23,3 +23,13 @@ class Meta:
             "is_active",
             "tags",
         )
+
+
+class SecretFieldSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    secret_external = serializers.CharField(write_only=True)
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = SecretFieldModel
+        fields = ("title", "secret", "secret_external")
+
+        extra_kwargs = {"secret": {"write_only": True}}
diff --git a/tests/testapp/views.py b/tests/testapp/views.py
index f435cd4..71b7038 100644
--- a/tests/testapp/views.py
+++ b/tests/testapp/views.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 from drf_excel.mixins import XLSXFileMixin
 from drf_excel.renderers import XLSXRenderer
 
-from .models import AllFieldsModel, ExampleModel
-from .serializers import AllFieldsSerializer, ExampleSerializer
+from .models import AllFieldsModel, ExampleModel, SecretFieldModel
+from .serializers import AllFieldsSerializer, ExampleSerializer, SecretFieldSerializer
 
 
 class ExampleViewSet(XLSXFileMixin, ReadOnlyModelViewSet):
@@ -19,3 +19,10 @@ class AllFieldsViewSet(XLSXFileMixin, ReadOnlyModelViewSet):
     serializer_class = AllFieldsSerializer
     renderer_classes = (XLSXRenderer,)
     filename = "al_fileds.xlsx"
+
+
+class SecretFieldViewSet(XLSXFileMixin, ReadOnlyModelViewSet):
+    queryset = SecretFieldModel.objects.all()
+    serializer_class = SecretFieldSerializer
+    renderer_classes = (XLSXRenderer,)
+    filename = "secret.xlsx"
diff --git a/tests/urls.py b/tests/urls.py
index 30a06d5..d875c66 100644
--- a/tests/urls.py
+++ b/tests/urls.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 from rest_framework import routers
 
-from .testapp.views import AllFieldsViewSet, ExampleViewSet
+from .testapp.views import AllFieldsViewSet, ExampleViewSet, SecretFieldViewSet
 
 router = routers.SimpleRouter()
 router.register(r"examples", ExampleViewSet)
 router.register(r"all-fields", AllFieldsViewSet)
+router.register(r"secret-field", SecretFieldViewSet)
 
 urlpatterns = router.urls