diff --git a/graal-nodejs/pyproject.toml b/graal-nodejs/pyproject.toml
index 6b51197ad66..d0c3a056f2e 100644
--- a/graal-nodejs/pyproject.toml
+++ b/graal-nodejs/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ select = [
 exclude = [
   "deps",
   "tools/inspector_protocol",
+  "tools/node_modules",
 ]
 ignore = [
   "E401",