diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
index 957ceac..90c668f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Lint with flake8
         run: |
           # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
-          .venv/bin/flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --ignore=F824 --show-source --statistics
+          .venv/bin/flake8 . --exclude=.venv --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --ignore=F824 --show-source --statistics
           # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
-          .venv/bin/flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
+          .venv/bin/flake8 . --exclude=.venv --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
       - name: Run tconnectsync --help
         run: |
           .venv/bin/tconnectsync --help