diff --git a/sample_files/pre-commit-13.0/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/sample_files/pre-commit-13.0/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 3ba385896..963476d18 100644
--- a/sample_files/pre-commit-13.0/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/sample_files/pre-commit-13.0/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ exclude: |
   # Repos using Sphinx to generate docs don't need prettying
   ^docs/_templates/.*\.html$|
   # You don't usually want a bot to modify your legal texts
-  /(LICENSE|COPYING)
+  (LICENSE.*|COPYING.*)
 default_language_version:
   python: python3
 repos: