diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 424d90cd..f0e4f062 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ jobs:
           os: [ubuntu-latest]
           php: ['7.3']
           dependency-version: [prefer-stable]
-          exclude: [".git*", ".git*/**", "vendor*/**", "var*/**", ".github*/**"]
 
       steps:
       - name: Get latest code
@@ -39,7 +38,11 @@ jobs:
           username: ${{ secrets.FTP_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.FTP_PASSWORD }}
           server-dir: ${{ secrets.FTP_DIR }}
-          exclude: ${{ matrix.exclude }}
+          exclude:
+            - .git/**
+            - vendor/**
+            - var/**
+            - .github/**
 
       - name: Run Tests
         run: ./vendor/bin/pest --group=endpoints