diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0a5b5559..2bb3479e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -78,5 +78,6 @@ rpmlint = ["configdefaults.toml"]
 "rpmlint.descriptions" = ["*.toml"]
 
 [tool.ruff]
+exclude = ["test/files"]
 
 lint.ignore = ["E501"]