diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9ff378fedc..f5764d7023 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ select = [
     "W391",
     "W504",
     ]
-exclude = "yt_dlp/extractor/lazy_extractors.py"
+exclude = "**/yt_dlp/extractor/lazy_extractors.py"
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 addopts = "-ra -v --strict-markers"