diff --git a/.mega-linter.yml b/.mega-linter.yml
index f76eb615..264dfb31 100644
--- a/.mega-linter.yml
+++ b/.mega-linter.yml
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ PRINT_ALPACA: false
 SHOW_ELAPSED_TIME: true
 DEFAULT_BRANCH: master
 # any further fix to LICENSE.md will break licensee's detection scheme
-MARKDOWN_MARKDOWNLINT_FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE: LICENSE\.md
+# GitHub passes HTML comments verbatime from template so we can't use <!-- markdownlint-disable MD041 -->
+MARKDOWN_MARKDOWNLINT_FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE: LICENSE\.md\|\.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/01_report_bug\.md\|\.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/02_request_feature\.md