diff --git a/.gitleaks.toml b/.gitleaks.toml
index 474a933..89a038d 100644
--- a/.gitleaks.toml
+++ b/.gitleaks.toml
@@ -23,3 +23,7 @@ id = "private-key"
 description = "Private key detected"
 regex = "-----BEGIN( RSA| EC| DSA)? PRIVATE KEY-----"
 tags = ["key", "pem", "compose"]
+
+[[allowlists]]
+description = "Ignore example and sample env files"
+paths = ['''.*\.env\.sample$''', '''.*\.env\.example$''', '''.*example.*''']