diff --git a/sdk-internals/communicator/ssh/communicator.go b/sdk-internals/communicator/ssh/communicator.go
index 3892bb1e6..de4f31bea 100644
--- a/sdk-internals/communicator/ssh/communicator.go
+++ b/sdk-internals/communicator/ssh/communicator.go
@@ -539,6 +539,15 @@ func (c *comm) sftpUploadDirSession(dst string, src string, excl []string) error
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+
+			// If the path is excluded, skip it
+			for _, v := range excl {
+				if v == relSrc {
+					log.Printf("[DEBUG] Skipping excluded path: %s", relSrc)
+					return nil
+				}
+			}
+
 			finalDst := filepath.Join(rootDst, relSrc)
 
 			// In Windows, Join uses backslashes which we don't want to get