diff --git a/TEMPLATES/.gitleaks.toml b/TEMPLATES/.gitleaks.toml
index b46fc601..981e5ff3 100644
--- a/TEMPLATES/.gitleaks.toml
+++ b/TEMPLATES/.gitleaks.toml
@@ -170,6 +170,6 @@ title = "gitleaks config"
 
 [allowlist]
     description = "Allowlisted files"
-    files = ['''^\.?gitleaks.toml$''',
+    paths = ['''^\.?gitleaks.toml$''',
     '''(.*?)(png|jpg|gif|doc|docx|pdf|bin|xls|pyc|zip)$''',
     '''(go.mod|go.sum)$''']