diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index d5fd964f1..c5276723a 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ repos:
       - id: end-of-file-fixer
         exclude: ^Tests/images/|\.patch$
       - id: trailing-whitespace
-        exclude: ^.github/.*TEMPLATE|^Tests/(fonts|images)/|\.patch$
+        exclude: ^\.github/.*TEMPLATE|^Tests/(fonts|images)/|\.patch$
 
   - repo: https://github.com/python-jsonschema/check-jsonschema
     rev: 0.33.1