diff --git a/phpcs.xml.dist b/phpcs.xml.dist
index f580e9f0bb..4e48c8c1c7 100644
--- a/phpcs.xml.dist
+++ b/phpcs.xml.dist
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@
 	<exclude-pattern>/src/wp-includes/rss\.php</exclude-pattern>
 
 	<exclude-pattern>/src/wp-includes/assets/*</exclude-pattern>
-	<exclude-pattern>/src/wp-includes/blocks/*</exclude-pattern>
+	<exclude-pattern>/src/wp-includes/blocks/*/*.asset.php</exclude-pattern>
+	<exclude-pattern>/src/wp-includes/blocks/blocks-json.php</exclude-pattern>
 	<exclude-pattern>/src/wp-includes/ID3/*</exclude-pattern>
 	<exclude-pattern>/src/wp-includes/IXR/*</exclude-pattern>
 	<exclude-pattern>/src/wp-includes/js/*</exclude-pattern>