diff --git a/.github/workflows/wpcs.yml b/.github/workflows/wpcs.yml
index c30440e..82417c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wpcs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wpcs.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
           with:
             enable_warnings: false # Enable checking for warnings (-w)
             paths: '.' # Paths to check, space separated
-            excludes: 'lib/* php/Plugin_Updater.php' # Paths to excludes, space separated
+            excludes: './lib/* ./php/Plugin_Updater.php' # Paths to excludes, space separated
             standard: 'WordPress' # Standard to use. Accepts WordPress|WordPress-Core|WordPress-Docs|WordPress-Extra|WordPress-VIP-Go|WordPressVIPMinimum|10up-Default.
             standard_repo: '' # Public (git) repository URL of the coding standard
             repo_branch: 'master' # Branch of Standard repository