diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yml b/.pre-commit-config.yml
index 5e185925c09..92f94f3ccc7 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ repos:
     exclude: |
       (?x)(\.match$|
            src/core/valgrind/memcheck.h|
+           src/test/checksum/file[0-9]|
            ^GIT_VERSION$)
   - id: check-yaml
   - id: check-added-large-files
diff --git a/src/test/checksum/file1 b/src/test/checksum/file1
index afadc1197b0..6f929c6e46c 100644
--- a/src/test/checksum/file1
+++ b/src/test/checksum/file1
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 Hello.  This is a simple text file with a known checksum.
 The checksum unit test is run on this file to check for regressions.
+
diff --git a/src/test/checksum/file2 b/src/test/checksum/file2
index b1098e40411..0882bc1771a 100644
--- a/src/test/checksum/file2
+++ b/src/test/checksum/file2
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 Iello.  This is a simple text file with a known checksum.
 The checksum unit test is run on this file to check for regressions.
+
diff --git a/src/test/checksum/file3 b/src/test/checksum/file3
index abf394bb384..48b3ce2b4e3 100644
--- a/src/test/checksum/file3
+++ b/src/test/checksum/file3
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 Hello.  This is a simple text file with a known checksum.
 The checksum unit test is run on this file to check for regressions/
+