diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index ab4240c9..b2baec65 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ repos:
       - id: check-toml
       - id: end-of-file-fixer
       - id: trailing-whitespace
+        exclude: ^po/
       - id: debug-statements
 
   - repo: https://github.com/myint/autoflake