diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 48285dfeeb7621b7020fdc666c235a2d05af05f8..20644394d3e0e2bee843554de12184bd36592a70 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ repos:
       - id: check-added-large-files
       - id: flake8
         exclude: bob/devtools/templates/setup.py
+      - id: check-yaml
+        exclude: ./*/meta.yaml
   - repo: local
     hooks:
       - id: sphinx-build