diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 2300891f36ec0..21894f78ba1f5 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ issues:
       linters: [staticcheck]
       text: "grpc.WithReturnConnectionError is deprecated"
     - linters: [govet]
+      path-except: ^e/
       text: "non-constant format string in call to github.com/gravitational/trace."
   exclude-use-default: true
   max-same-issues: 0