diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index fe653524c0..4307b53c49 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -51,13 +51,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
       uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v1
-      paths-ignore: 
-        - node_modules
-        - Umbraco.TestData
-        - Umbraco.Tests
-        - Umbraco.Tests.AcceptanceTest
-        - Umbraco.Tests.Benchmarks
-        - bin
-      paths:
-        - src 
+      with:
+        config-file: ./.github/codeql-config.yml
+
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-config.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..afb05e76d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+name: "CodeQL config"
+paths-ignore: 
+  - node_modules
+  - Umbraco.TestData
+  - Umbraco.Tests
+  - Umbraco.Tests.AcceptanceTest
+  - Umbraco.Tests.Benchmarks
+  - bin
+paths:
+  - src   
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