diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index c899556ae..1e30f7072 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ repos:
       - id: check-case-conflict
       - id: check-executables-have-shebangs
       - id: requirements-txt-fixer
+        # exclude ci/refreeze generated requirements.txt
+        exclude: ^.*images\/.*\/requirements\.txt$
 
   # Lint: Python code
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8