diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 7a743ab90a..dd2e187e49 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
-  "exclude-paths": ["e2e-report", "tests", "tools", "turbofan"],
+  "exclude-paths": [".github", ".vscode", "e2e-report", "report", "tests", "tools", "turbofan"],
   "include-component-in-tag": false,
   "packages": {
     ".": {}