diff --git a/.github/workflows/codespell.yml b/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
index 3ebbf5504..74b8ed7f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
@@ -20,3 +20,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Codespell
         uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@v2
+        with:
+          skip: '.git,*.pdf,*.svg,venvs,versioneer.py,DL-*,.github,_build'
+          ignore_words_list: 'wit,thirdparty.svg'