diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b9326e731..50ee3e74d 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -127,10 +127,10 @@ tag_prefix =
 parentdir_prefix =
 
 [codespell]
-skip = dandi/_version.py,dandi/due.py,versioneer.py
+skip = _version.py,due.py,versioneer.py,*.vcr.yaml,venv,venvs
 # Don't warn about "[l]ist" in the abbrev_prompt() docstring:
 # TE is present in the BIDS schema
-ignore-regex = (\[\w\]\w+|TE)
+ignore-regex = (\[\w\]\w+|TE|ignore "bu" strings)
 exclude-file = .codespellignore
 
 [mypy]