diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 1b40348a..13cb5d14 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ repos:
       - id: check-yaml # checks yaml files for parseable syntax.
       - id: detect-private-key # detects the presence of private keys.
       - id: end-of-file-fixer # ensures that a file is either empty, or ends with one newline.
+        exclude: ^test/data
       - id: fix-byte-order-marker # removes utf-8 byte order marker.
       - id: mixed-line-ending # replaces or checks mixed line ending.
       - id: requirements-txt-fixer # sorts entries in requirements.txt.