diff --git a/.rat-excludes b/.rat-excludes
index 44cf26ac6a3..30b1ef1da9d 100644
--- a/.rat-excludes
+++ b/.rat-excludes
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ _build/*
 _static/*
 .buildinfo
 searchindex.js
+# auto-generated by docs/scripts/convert-api-sidebar.mjs from openapi.json
+sidebar.js
+sidebar.ts
 # auto generated
 requirements/*
 # vendorized