diff --git a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
index 3cd7cfc..84b904f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ jobs:
         with:
           # Optional: version of golangci-lint to use in form of v1.2 or v1.2.3 or `latest` to use the latest version
           version: latest
-          args: "--out-format=colored-line-number --exclude-dirs=^examples/.*$"
+          args: "--out-format=colored-line-number --exclude-files examples/.*.go"