diff --git a/lib/linter.sh b/lib/linter.sh
index 6c689b85..e3efa99c 100755
--- a/lib/linter.sh
+++ b/lib/linter.sh
@@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ if [ "${VALIDATE_ARM}" == "true" ]; then
     ###############################################################################
     IFS=$'\n'
 
-    mapfile -t LIST_FILES < <(find "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" -type f -regex ".*\.\(json\)\$" 2>&1)
+    mapfile -t LIST_FILES < <(find "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" -path "*/node_modules" -prune -o -type f -regex ".*\.\(json\)\$" 2>&1)
     for FILE in "${LIST_FILES[@]}"; do
       if DetectARMFile "${FILE}"; then
         FILE_ARRAY_ARM+=("${FILE}")
@@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@ if [ "${VALIDATE_CLOUDFORMATION}" == "true" ]; then
     ###############################################################################
     IFS=$'\n'
 
-    mapfile -t LIST_FILES < <(find "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" -type f -regex ".*\.\(yml\|yaml\|json\)\$" 2>&1)
+    mapfile -t LIST_FILES < <(find "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" -path "*/node_modules" -prune -o -type f -regex ".*\.\(yml\|yaml\|json\)\$" 2>&1)
     for FILE in "${LIST_FILES[@]}"; do
       if DetectCloudFormationFile "${FILE}"; then
         FILE_ARRAY_CLOUDFORMATION+=("${FILE}")
@@ -1557,7 +1557,7 @@ if [ "${VALIDATE_OPENAPI}" == "true" ]; then
     ###############################################################################
     IFS=$'\n'
 
-    mapfile -t LIST_FILES < <(find "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" -type f -regex ".*\.\(yml\|yaml\|json\)\$" 2>&1)
+    mapfile -t LIST_FILES < <(find "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" -path "*/node_modules" -prune -o -type f -regex ".*\.\(yml\|yaml\|json\)\$" 2>&1)
     for FILE in "${LIST_FILES[@]}"; do
       if DetectOpenAPIFile "${FILE}"; then
         FILE_ARRAY_OPENAPI+=("${FILE}")
@@ -1709,7 +1709,7 @@ if [ "${VALIDATE_STATES}" == "true" ]; then
     ###############################################################################
     IFS=$'\n'
 
-    mapfile -t LIST_FILES < <(find "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" -type f -regex ".*\.\(json\)\$" 2>&1)
+    mapfile -t LIST_FILES < <(find "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" -path "*/node_modules" -prune -o -type f -regex ".*\.\(json\)\$" 2>&1)
     for FILE in "${LIST_FILES[@]}"; do
       if DetectAWSStatesFIle "${FILE}"; then
         FILE_ARRAY_STATES+=("${FILE}")
diff --git a/lib/worker.sh b/lib/worker.sh
index 434fe2f0..f560722f 100755
--- a/lib/worker.sh
+++ b/lib/worker.sh
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ function LintCodebase() {
     #################################
     # Get list of all files to lint #
     #################################
-    mapfile -t LIST_FILES < <(find "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" -type f -regex "${FILE_EXTENSIONS}" 2>&1)
+    mapfile -t LIST_FILES < <(find "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" -path "*/node_modules" -prune -o -type f -regex "${FILE_EXTENSIONS}" 2>&1)
 
     ###########################
     # Set IFS back to default #
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ function TestCodebase() {
   #################################
   # Get list of all files to lint #
   #################################
-  mapfile -t LIST_FILES < <(find "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/${TEST_CASE_FOLDER}/${INDVIDUAL_TEST_FOLDER}" -type f -regex "${FILE_EXTENSIONS}" ! -path "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/${TEST_CASE_FOLDER}/ansible/ghe-initialize/*" | sort 2>&1)
+  mapfile -t LIST_FILES < <(find "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/${TEST_CASE_FOLDER}/${INDVIDUAL_TEST_FOLDER}" -path "*/node_modules" -prune -o -type f -regex "${FILE_EXTENSIONS}" ! -path "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/${TEST_CASE_FOLDER}/ansible/ghe-initialize/*" | sort 2>&1)
 
   ########################################
   # Prepare context if TAP output format #