diff --git a/gradle/formatting.gradle b/gradle/formatting.gradle
index e0c5fd9d4974e..47aa5fe2afb48 100644
--- a/gradle/formatting.gradle
+++ b/gradle/formatting.gradle
@@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ allprojects {
           }
         }
         format 'misc', {
-            target '*.md', '*.gradle', '**/*.yaml', '**/*.yml', '**/*.svg'   
+            target '*.md', '*.gradle', '**/*.json', '**/*.yaml', '**/*.yml', '**/*.svg'
+
+            targetExclude '**/simple-bulk11.json', '**/simple-msearch5.json'
 
             trimTrailingWhitespace()
             endWithNewline()
diff --git a/server/src/test/resources/org/opensearch/index/analysis/shingle_analysis.json b/server/src/test/resources/org/opensearch/index/analysis/shingle_analysis.json
index 4a4fc7d2c81b1..1ed56fa6dab4d 100644
--- a/server/src/test/resources/org/opensearch/index/analysis/shingle_analysis.json
+++ b/server/src/test/resources/org/opensearch/index/analysis/shingle_analysis.json
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@
             }
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}