diff --git a/.codespellexclude b/.codespellexcludelines
similarity index 100%
rename from .codespellexclude
rename to .codespellexcludelines
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codespell.yml b/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
index 967bed295..eb2a516b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ jobs:
           # Add comma separated list of words that occur multiple times that should be ignored (sorted alphabetically, case sensitive)
         ignore_words_list: adin,aNULL,carryIn,chainG,ciph,cLen,cliKs,dout,haveA,inCreated,inOut,inout,larg,LEAPYEAR,Merget,optionA,parm,parms,repid,rIn,userA,ser,siz,te,Te
           # The exclude_file contains lines of code that should be ignored. This is useful for individual lines which have non-words that can safely be ignored.
-        exclude_file: '.codespellexclude'
+        exclude_file: '.codespellexcludelines'
           # To skip files entirely from being processed, add it to the following list:
         skip: '*.cproject,*.der,*.mtpj,*.pem,*.vcxproj'