diff --git a/.golangci.yaml b/.golangci.yaml
index 9c69b83ac..a6f4349d2 100644
--- a/.golangci.yaml
+++ b/.golangci.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 run:
   timeout: 10m
   allow-parallel-runners: true
-  exclude-dirs:
-  - pkg/client
   build-tags:
   - e2e
 
@@ -18,6 +16,8 @@ issues:
   uniq-by-line: true
   max-issues-per-linter: 0
   max-same-issues: 0
+  exclude-dirs:
+  - pkg/client
   exclude-rules:
   - path: test # Excludes /test, *_test.go etc.
     linters: