diff --git a/sonar-project.properties b/sonar-project.properties
index 78cb7b8e6..ef4b18988 100644
--- a/sonar-project.properties
+++ b/sonar-project.properties
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ sonar.organization=external-secrets
 #sonar.sourceEncoding=UTF-8
 
 sonar.sources=.
-sonar.exclusions=**/*_test.go,**/vendor/**,**/testdata/*,e2e/**,apis/**
+sonar.exclusions=**/*_test.go,**/vendor/**,**/testdata/*,e2e/**,apis/**,**/fake.go
 
 sonar.tests=.
 sonar.test.inclusions=**/*_test.go
-sonar.test.exclusions=**/vendor/**,**/*_test.go,e2e/**,apis/**
+sonar.test.exclusions=**/vendor/**,**/*_test.go,e2e/**,apis/**,**/fake.go
 sonar.go.coverage.reportPaths=./cover.out
 # =====================================================
 #   Meta-data for the project