diff --git a/.github/workflows/trufflehog.yaml b/.github/workflows/trufflehog.yaml
index 7f6646e1..9a065f44 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/trufflehog.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/trufflehog.yaml
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: Secret Scanning
         uses: trufflesecurity/trufflehog@main
         with:
-          extra_args: --results=verified,unknown
+          # exclude buggy postgres detector that is causing false positives and not relevant to our codebase
+          extra_args: --results=verified,unknown --exclude-detectors=postgres