diff --git a/scripts/skip-doc-change.sh b/scripts/skip-doc-change.sh
index e39fe5cf4..c6f8c5cf8 100755
--- a/scripts/skip-doc-change.sh
+++ b/scripts/skip-doc-change.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --name-only "$TRAVIS_COMMIT_RANGE")
 
 skip=0
 #files to be skipped
-declare -a FILES=(^docs/ .md$ ^scripts/ LICENSE .mergify.yml .github .gitignore)
+declare -a FILES=(^docs/ .md$ ^scripts/ LICENSE .mergify.yml .github .gitignore .commitlintrc.yml)
 
 function check_file_present() {
     local file=$1