diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index b46d19ba7f7fc8c68604568b16b21325ea1445e9..a49613fd6fe7be6ebf0e4dfc4a38df1d13148bcf 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -207,5 +207,5 @@ workflows:
           filters:
             branches:
               ignore:
-                - ^dependabot/.*/
-                - ^pull/.*/ # don't deploy to  gh pages on PRs.
+                - /^dependabot/.*/
+                - /^pull/.*/ # don't deploy to  gh pages on PRs.