diff --git a/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pipelines/airbyte_ci/format/consts.py b/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pipelines/airbyte_ci/format/consts.py
index 4808cd21a074..ddc28e056f25 100644
--- a/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pipelines/airbyte_ci/format/consts.py
+++ b/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pipelines/airbyte_ci/format/consts.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     "airbyte-ci/connectors/metadata_service/lib/metadata_service/models/generated/**",  # These files are generated and should not be formatted
     "**/airbyte-ci/connectors/metadata_service/lib/tests/fixtures/**/invalid",  # This is a test directory with invalid and sometimes unformatted code
     "airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/tests/test_format/non_formatted_code",  # This is a test directory with badly formatted code
+    "airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-**/expected-spec.json",  # These files are generated by tests using Jackson's pretty printer, and should not be reformatted.
 ]
 
 # In the airbyte-enterprise repo, the airbyte repo is included as a submodule.