diff --git a/bids-validator/src/files/ignore.test.ts b/bids-validator/src/files/ignore.test.ts
index 58a5090c7..2c2248f3c 100644
--- a/bids-validator/src/files/ignore.test.ts
+++ b/bids-validator/src/files/ignore.test.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Deno.test('Deno implementation of FileIgnoreRules', async (t) => {
       '/CHANGES',
       '/participants.tsv',
       '/.git/HEAD',
+      '/.datalad/config',
       '/sub-01/anat/non-bidsy-file.xyz',
       '/explicit/full/path.nii',
     ]
diff --git a/bids-validator/src/files/ignore.ts b/bids-validator/src/files/ignore.ts
index dbed3bb09..98e27d5ef 100644
--- a/bids-validator/src/files/ignore.ts
+++ b/bids-validator/src/files/ignore.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ export async function readBidsIgnore(file: BIDSFile) {
 
 const defaultIgnores = [
   '.git**',
-  '.datalad/',
-  '.reproman/',
+  '.*',
   'sourcedata/',
   'code/',
   'stimuli/',