diff --git a/.codespellrc b/.codespellrc
index 73d461c1..5832630e 100644
--- a/.codespellrc
+++ b/.codespellrc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 skip = node_modules,
        *-lock.json,
-       *.git,
+       ./.git,
        *.pyc,
        __pycache__,
        ./build,
diff --git a/.codespellrc2 b/.codespellrc2
index c6226e69..b3f96563 100644
--- a/.codespellrc2
+++ b/.codespellrc2
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # by the normal RC file, and we get false positives from git hashes.
 skip = node_modules,
        *-lock.json,
-       *.git,
+       ./.git,
        *.pyc,
        __pycache__,
        ./build,