diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-config.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-config.yml
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+paths-ignore:
+    # Avoid CodeQL python scan error when processing the syntax test case: runner/work/steelscript/steelscript/tests/ss_fake/services/awesome_service/two/action.py#L3C0:0: A parse error occurred while processing
+  - '**/tests/ss_fake/services/awesome_service/two/action.py*'