diff --git a/suricata/update/config.py b/suricata/update/config.py
index 0aafc96f..0971a1c6 100644
--- a/suricata/update/config.py
+++ b/suricata/update/config.py
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
     # The default file patterns to ignore.
     "ignore": [
         "*deleted.rules",
+        ".*"
     ],
 }