diff --git a/.github/actions/spelling/excludes.txt b/.github/actions/spelling/excludes.txt
index cdb54fb8..6981bc4e 100644
--- a/.github/actions/spelling/excludes.txt
+++ b/.github/actions/spelling/excludes.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@
 ^\.travis\.yml$
 \.def$
 ^packages/buildroot/
+^\.gitignore
+^AUTHORS
diff --git a/.github/actions/spelling/expect.txt b/.github/actions/spelling/expect.txt
index 81b41bb5..31c07047 100644
--- a/.github/actions/spelling/expect.txt
+++ b/.github/actions/spelling/expect.txt
@@ -455,6 +455,7 @@ eturn
 etval
 euo
 Evensen
+Evensen's
 ewcommand
 EWOULDBLOCK
 Exa
@@ -578,6 +579,7 @@ Gibibyte
 gitdir
 github
 githubusercontent
+gitignore
 glibc
 globals
 gmail
@@ -1130,6 +1132,7 @@ olddata
 olen
 Olog
 OMG
+OMG's
 ominimal
 omp
 ondrej
diff --git a/.github/workflows/spelling.yml b/.github/workflows/spelling.yml
index 78aa3ff1..ad932692 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spelling.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spelling.yml
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       with:
         fetch-depth: 5
-    - uses: check-spelling/check-spelling@prerelease
+    - uses: check-spelling/check-spelling@main