diff --git a/cmd/cli/app/ruletype/common.go b/cmd/cli/app/ruletype/common.go
index b51425c92c..aad5b45907 100644
--- a/cmd/cli/app/ruletype/common.go
+++ b/cmd/cli/app/ruletype/common.go
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ func shouldSkipFile(f string) bool {
 	ext := filepath.Ext(f)
 	switch ext {
 	case ".yaml", ".yml", ".json":
+		if cli.IsTestFile(f) {
+			// Skip test files.
+			return true
+		}
 		return false
 	default:
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Skipping file %s: not a yaml or json file\n", f)
diff --git a/cmd/dev/app/rule_type/lint.go b/cmd/dev/app/rule_type/lint.go
index 947eccaead..ebd1271f35 100644
--- a/cmd/dev/app/rule_type/lint.go
+++ b/cmd/dev/app/rule_type/lint.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 
 	"github.com/mindersec/minder/internal/engine/eval/rego"
+	"github.com/mindersec/minder/internal/util/cli"
 	minderv1 "github.com/mindersec/minder/pkg/api/protobuf/go/minder/v1"
 )
 
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ func lintCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		if filepath.Ext(path) != ".yaml" && filepath.Ext(path) != ".yml" {
+		if !cli.IsYAMLFileAndNotATest(path) {
 			return nil
 		}
 
diff --git a/internal/util/cli/cli.go b/internal/util/cli/cli.go
index a766cfd4c1..3620be050e 100644
--- a/internal/util/cli/cli.go
+++ b/internal/util/cli/cli.go
@@ -230,3 +230,14 @@ func GetRelevantCLIConfigPath(v *viper.Viper) string {
 		GetDefaultCLIConfigPath(),
 	))
 }
+
+// IsYAMLFileAndNotATest checks if a file is a YAML file and not a test file
+func IsYAMLFileAndNotATest(path string) bool {
+	return (filepath.Ext(path) == ".yaml" || filepath.Ext(path) == ".yml") &&
+		!IsTestFile(path)
+}
+
+// IsTestFile checks if a file is a test file. Test files are YAML files ending with .test.yaml or .test.yml
+func IsTestFile(path string) bool {
+	return strings.HasSuffix(path, ".test.yaml") || strings.HasSuffix(path, ".test.yml")
+}