diff --git a/playbooks/roles/borg-backup/defaults/main.yaml b/playbooks/roles/borg-backup/defaults/main.yaml
index e4d2884227..eeefee5848 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/borg-backup/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/borg-backup/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ borg_backup_excludes:
   - '/etc/project-config/*'
   - '/home/*.cache/*'
   - '/root/*.cache/*'
+  - '/root/.ansible/tmp/*'
   - '/root/.bup*'
   - '/var/cache/*'
   - '/var/tmp/*'