diff --git a/contrib/cirrus/check_go_changes.sh b/contrib/cirrus/check_go_changes.sh
index aa8f4ccf46..1757fe83be 100755
--- a/contrib/cirrus/check_go_changes.sh
+++ b/contrib/cirrus/check_go_changes.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ fi
 # Defined by/in Cirrus-CI config.
 # shellcheck disable=SC2154
 base=$(git merge-base $DEST_BRANCH $CIRRUS_CHANGE_IN_REPO)
-diffs=$(git diff $base $CIRRUS_CHANGE_IN_REPO -- '*.go' ':^vendor/')
+diffs=$(git diff $base $CIRRUS_CHANGE_IN_REPO -- '*.go' ':^vendor/' ':^test/tools/vendor/')
 
 if [[ -z "$diffs" ]]; then
     check_msg "There are no golang diffs to check between $base...$CIRRUS_CHANGE_IN_REPO"