diff --git a/.commitlintrc.json b/.commitlintrc.json
index 070615343..ba22b047f 100644
--- a/.commitlintrc.json
+++ b/.commitlintrc.json
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
         "mon",
         "monitoring",
         "multus",
+	"network",
         "nfs",
         "object",
         "operator",