diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
index 6d780612c1f0e..92f1eee421e1f 100644
--- a/config.toml
+++ b/config.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ enableRobotsTXT = true
 
 disableKinds = ["taxonomy", "taxonomyTerm"]
 
-ignoreFiles = [ "^OWNERS$", "README[-]+[a-z]*\.md", "^node_modules$", "content/en/docs/doc-contributor-tools" ]
+ignoreFiles = [ "^OWNERS$", "README[-]+[a-z]*\\.md", "^node_modules$", "content/en/docs/doc-contributor-tools" ]
 
 contentDir = "content/en"