diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index 1afcae90..8660c5bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ jobs:
     - name: Find typos with codespell
       uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@master
       with:
-        ignore_words_list: zar,hist
-        skip: "*.json,./tests/unit_tests/responses"
+        ignore-words-list = zar,hist,VAI
+        skip = .venv,.git,*.json,./tests/unit_tests/responses
     - uses: actions/cache@v2
       with:
         path: ${{ env.pythonLocation }}