diff --git a/common/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/common/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index 7d1e580847..ab1f13968d 100644
--- a/common/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/common/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       # Version of codespell bundled with Ubuntu is way old, so use pip.
       run: pip install codespell
     - name: run codespell
-      run: codespell -L ro,hastable
+      run: codespell -L ro,hastable,shouldnot
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps: