diff --git a/coder_sniffer/Drupal/ruleset.xml b/coder_sniffer/Drupal/ruleset.xml
index cb0dcafc..b9c758f3 100644
--- a/coder_sniffer/Drupal/ruleset.xml
+++ b/coder_sniffer/Drupal/ruleset.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@
   <rule ref="Generic.NamingConventions.ConstructorName"/>
   <rule ref="Generic.NamingConventions.UpperCaseConstantName"/>
   <rule ref="Generic.PHP.DeprecatedFunctions"/>
-  <rule ref="Generic.PHP.DisallowShortOpenTag"/>
+  <rule ref="Generic.PHP.DisallowShortOpenTag">
+    <!-- Do not run this sniff on .yml files -->
+    <exclude-pattern>**/*.yml</exclude-pattern>
+  </rule>
   <rule ref="Generic.PHP.LowerCaseKeyword"/>
   <rule ref="Generic.PHP.UpperCaseConstant"/>
   <rule ref="Generic.Strings.UnnecessaryStringConcat">