diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 4424d57a3de2fa2a9cc2decb1ca06a0d4e178170..c4296ef6eebbdd329b63b27e12c4ebcd41992202 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ repos:
     - id: end-of-file-fixer
       exclude: .bumpversion.cfg
     - id: check-merge-conflict
+      exclude: LICENSE
     - id: check-added-large-files
     - id: check-yaml
     - id: check-json