diff --git a/.codespellrc b/.codespellrc
index 3654513b..2885449e 100644
--- a/.codespellrc
+++ b/.codespellrc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 [codespell]
 # In the event of a false positive, add the problematic word, in all lowercase, to a comma-separated list here:
 ignore-words-list = ba,licence,ot
-skip = ./.git,./.licenses,__pycache__,node_modules,./other/clang-format-configuration/testdata/input/samples,./other/clang-format-configuration/testdata/golden,./other/clang-format-configuration/.clang-format,./go.mod,./go.sum,./package-lock.json,./poetry.lock,./yarn.lock
+skip = .git,./.licenses,__pycache__,node_modules,./other/clang-format-configuration/testdata/input/samples,./other/clang-format-configuration/testdata/golden,./other/clang-format-configuration/.clang-format,go.mod,go.sum,package-lock.json,poetry.lock,yarn.lock
 builtin = clear,informal,en-GB_to_en-US
 check-filenames =
 check-hidden =
diff --git a/workflow-templates/assets/spell-check/.codespellrc b/workflow-templates/assets/spell-check/.codespellrc
index a8608a40..9efecd6f 100644
--- a/workflow-templates/assets/spell-check/.codespellrc
+++ b/workflow-templates/assets/spell-check/.codespellrc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 [codespell]
 # In the event of a false positive, add the problematic word, in all lowercase, to a comma-separated list here:
 ignore-words-list = ,
-skip = ./.git,./.licenses,__pycache__,node_modules,./go.mod,./go.sum,./package-lock.json,./poetry.lock,./yarn.lock
+skip = ./.licenses,.git,__pycache__,node_modules,go.mod,go.sum,package-lock.json,poetry.lock,yarn.lock
 builtin = clear,informal,en-GB_to_en-US
 check-filenames =
 check-hidden =