diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index a7c8d931b..598bb99ae 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ repos:
       - id: flake8
         args: ["--max-line-length=119"]  # strange behavior, have to duplicate arg here to be taken into account
         language_version: python3
+        exclude: migrations/
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c12ab933c..dbc2d2362 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ requires = ["poetry-core>=1.0.0"]
 max-line-length = 119
 ignore = "E203, E266, W503"
 max-complexity = 10
+exclude = [
+    ".git",
+    "__pycache__",
+    "migrations"
+]
 
 [tool.isort]
 combine_as_imports = true