diff --git a/azure-pipelines/1esstages.yml b/azure-pipelines/1esstages.yml
index 8295dd26de..397708cb78 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines/1esstages.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines/1esstages.yml
@@ -45,4 +45,4 @@ stages:
             variables:
               artifact_name: ${{ job.name }}
               working_directory: ${{ job.working_directory }}
-              Codeql.ExcludePathPatterns: "**\\.vscode-test,dist" # Exclude .vscode-test and dist directories from CodeQL alerting
+              Codeql.ExcludePathPatterns: "**/.vscode-test, dist" # Exclude .vscode-test and dist directories from CodeQL alerting