diff --git a/.github/codecov.yml b/.github/codecov.yml
index e01101ec..0bf41905 100644
--- a/.github/codecov.yml
+++ b/.github/codecov.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ comment:
 github_checks:
     annotations: false
 ignore:
-  - "**/external_dependencies"
+  - "external_dependencies"
 coverage:
   precision: 2
   round: down