diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-apidocs.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-apidocs.yml
index 8a2b7c4bd1521..a06930a8d8323 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-apidocs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-apidocs.yml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
 # TODO: have a nicer way to specify excludes
 # excludes from https://github.com/moodle/phpdoc/blob/929083a815c1f7e95c540173e7549810f6d4a598/scripts/generate_phpdoc.sh#L27-L48
       - name: Build with phpDocumentor
-        run: php -d xdebug.mode=off ${{ github.workspace }}/tools/phpDocumentor run -v -d source --target docs --cache-folder phpdoc-cache --template default --title 'Moodle PHP API' --ignore source/lib/pear --ignore source/**/tests/*_test.php --ignore **/tests/fixtures --ignore source/**/vendor --ignore source/**/amd --ignore source/**/yui
+        run: php -d xdebug.mode=off ${{ github.workspace }}/tools/phpDocumentor run -v -d source --target docs --cache-folder phpdoc-cache --template default --title 'Moodle PHP API' --ignore 'source/lib/pear' --ignore 'source/**/tests/*_test.php' --ignore '**/tests/fixtures' --ignore 'source/**/vendor' --ignore 'source/**/amd' --ignore 'source/**/yui'
 
       - name: Count files and get disk space
         run: |