diff --git a/.cspell.json b/.cspell.json
index c0097c96..5c95eb2c 100644
--- a/.cspell.json
+++ b/.cspell.json
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 {
   "version": "0.2",
-  "enableFiletypes": ["git-commit", "julia", "jupyter"],
+  "enableFiletypes": [
+    "git-commit",
+    "github-actions-workflow",
+    "julia",
+    "jupyter"
+  ],
   "flagWords": [
     "analyse",
     "colour",
diff --git a/src/repoma/.template/.cspell.json b/src/repoma/.template/.cspell.json
index 0d8d925a..fca346dd 100644
--- a/src/repoma/.template/.cspell.json
+++ b/src/repoma/.template/.cspell.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "version": "0.2",
-  "enableFiletypes": ["git-commit", "julia", "jupyter"],
+  "enableFiletypes": ["git-commit", "github-actions-workflow", "julia", "jupyter"],
   "flagWords": [
     "analyse",
     "colour",