diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index dd9e47e..a9cb1b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
           # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
           ruff --format=github --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --target-version=py37 .
           # default set of ruff rules with GitHub Annotations
-          ruff --format=github --target-version=py37 .
+          ruff --format=github --target-version=py37 --exclude=docs/ .
       - name: Test with pytest
         run: |
           pytest
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