diff --git a/enterprise/internal/embeddings/embed/files.go b/enterprise/internal/embeddings/embed/files.go
index f08720634c8..dbf4daa5d57 100644
--- a/enterprise/internal/embeddings/embed/files.go
+++ b/enterprise/internal/embeddings/embed/files.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package embed
 
 import (
 	"path/filepath"
-
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/enterprise/internal/paths"
@@ -21,9 +20,16 @@ var textFileExtensions = map[string]struct{}{
 }
 
 var defaultExcludedFilePathPatterns = []string{
+	".*ignore", // Files like .gitignore, .eslintignore
+	".gitattributes",
+	".mailmap",
+	"*.csv",
 	"*.sql",
 	"*.svg",
 	"*.json",
+	"*.jsonc",
+	"*.jsonl",
+	"*.xml",
 	"*.yml",
 	"*.yaml",
 	"__fixtures__/",
diff --git a/enterprise/internal/embeddings/embed/files_test.go b/enterprise/internal/embeddings/embed/files_test.go
index 6c2feafcd01..91d325fd1e2 100644
--- a/enterprise/internal/embeddings/embed/files_test.go
+++ b/enterprise/internal/embeddings/embed/files_test.go
@@ -19,9 +19,13 @@ func TestExcludingFilePaths(t *testing.T) {
 		"vendor/README.md",
 		"LICENSE.txt",
 		"nested/vendor/file.py",
+		".prettierignore",
+		"client/web/.gitattributes",
+		"no_ignore",
+		"data/names.csv",
 	}
 
-	expectedFiles := []string{"cool.go", "Dockerfile", "README.md", "LICENSE.txt"}
+	expectedFiles := []string{"cool.go", "Dockerfile", "README.md", "LICENSE.txt", "no_ignore"}
 	gotFiles := []string{}
 
 	excludedGlobPatterns := GetDefaultExcludedFilePathPatterns()