diff --git a/sonar-project.properties b/sonar-project.properties
index 67e57b1fdaf..b5f0660fb1d 100644
--- a/sonar-project.properties
+++ b/sonar-project.properties
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ sonar.sourceEncoding=UTF-8
 
 # Coverage report created by elastic-package just reference to *.yml files
 # Remove all these extensions to try to keep just *.yml files
-sonar.exclusions=**/*.java,**/Dockerfile,**/*.tf,**/*.go,**/*.yaml,**/*.xml,**/*.md,**/*.jsp
+sonar.exclusions=**/*.java,**/Dockerfile,**/*.tf,**/*.go,**/*.yaml,**/*.xml,**/*.md,**/*.jsp,packages/*/data_stream/*/lifecycle.yml,packages/*/data_stream/*/elasticsearch/ilm/*,packages/*/elasticsearch/transform/**/*,packages/*/kibana/tags.yml,packages/*/kibana/tag/*,packages/*/validation.yml
 
 # Generic test coverage report format
 # https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube/latest/analyzing-source-code/test-coverage/generic-test-data/#generic-test-coverage