diff --git a/.github/workflows/misspell.yml b/.github/workflows/misspell.yml
index 641ee2d356a4..5b3129caf977 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/misspell.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/misspell.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
         continue-on-error: true
         run: |
           sudo apt-get install codespell -y
-          codespell -w --skip="*.pulsar.go,*.pb.go,*.pb.gw.go,*.cosmos_orm.go,*.json,*.git,*.js,crypto/keys,fuzz,*.h,proto/tendermint,*.bin,go.sum,go.mod" --ignore-words=.github/.codespellignore
+          codespell -w --skip="*.pulsar.go,*.pb.go,*.pb.gw.go,*.cosmos_orm.go,*.json,*.git,*.js,crypto/keys,fuzz,*.h,proto/tendermint,*.bin,go.sum,go.mod,.github" --ignore-words=.github/.codespellignore
       - uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
         if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
         with: