diff --git a/.repo/nvchecker.toml b/.repo/nvchecker.toml
index e522c64..5850470 100644
--- a/.repo/nvchecker.toml
+++ b/.repo/nvchecker.toml
@@ -1120,6 +1120,7 @@ source = "github"
 github = "sqlfluff/sqlfluff"
 use_max_tag = true
 prefix = "v"
+exclude_regex = "^.*(a|b).*$"
 
 [python-oyaml]
 source = "github"