diff --git a/.github/workflows/secrets.yaml b/.github/workflows/secrets.yaml
index 4119da879..c0c8d0836 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/secrets.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/secrets.yaml
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ jobs:
           submodules: recursive
       - uses: "trufflesecurity/trufflehog@b78fbfd8eb982f4802e09a265fb2bc37b3040975" # main
         with:
-          extra_args: "--results=verified,unknown"
+          extra_args: "--results=verified,unknown --exclude-paths=.trufflehog.yml"
diff --git a/.trufflehog.yml b/.trufflehog.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7062cd9ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.trufflehog.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+exclude_paths:
+  - "pkg/agent/guardrail/sensitive_data_test.go"