diff --git a/action/index.cjs b/action/index.cjs
index e4e74c0..037ee73 100644
--- a/action/index.cjs
+++ b/action/index.cjs
@@ -150462,7 +150462,7 @@ const robot = (app) => {
             const ignoreList = (process.env.IGNORE || process.env.ignore || '')
                 .split('\n')
                 .filter((v) => v !== '');
-            const ignorePatterns = (process.env.IGNORE_PATTERNS || '').split(',');
+            const ignorePatterns = (process.env.IGNORE_PATTERNS || '').split(',').filter((v) => Boolean(v.trim()));
             const filesNames = files?.map((file) => file.filename) || [];
             loglevel_1.default.debug('ignoreList:', ignoreList);
             loglevel_1.default.debug('ignorePatterns:', ignorePatterns);
diff --git a/src/bot.ts b/src/bot.ts
index f8ecd00..1debddb 100644
--- a/src/bot.ts
+++ b/src/bot.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export const robot = (app: Probot) => {
         const ignoreList = (process.env.IGNORE || process.env.ignore || '')
           .split('\n')
           .filter((v) => v !== '');
-        const ignorePatterns = (process.env.IGNORE_PATTERNS || '').split(',')
+        const ignorePatterns = (process.env.IGNORE_PATTERNS || '').split(',').filter((v) => Boolean(v.trim()));
         const filesNames = files?.map((file) => file.filename) || [];
 
         log.debug('ignoreList:', ignoreList);