diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 5d6f7eb0d3..19bf39d63c 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 repos:
 - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
   rev: v4.3.0
-  files: ^automation|ci|code-scanning|deployments|pages
   hooks:
   - id: trailing-whitespace
+    files: (automation/|ci/|code-scanning/|deployments/|pages/).*(yaml|yml|json)$