diff --git a/.github/workflows/codespell.yml b/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
index b1ab6b8e..ac646f7e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ jobs:
       uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@v2
       with:
         check_filenames: true
-        skip: "*/**.yaml,*/**.yml,./scripts,./vendor,MAINTAINERS,LICENSE,go.mod,go.sum"
+        skip: "./proto,*/**.yaml,*/**.yml,./scripts,./vendor,MAINTAINERS,LICENSE,go.mod,go.sum"