diff --git a/.golangci.yaml b/.golangci.yaml
index 9074aaa42d..3cac00b149 100644
--- a/.golangci.yaml
+++ b/.golangci.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ run:
   timeout: 20m
   skip-dirs:
   - ^bin
+  - ^cluster-api
   - ^data/data
   - ^docs
   - ^hack