diff --git a/ansible.cfg b/ansible.cfg
index bfe917985..6912e4d08 100644
--- a/ansible.cfg
+++ b/ansible.cfg
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ roles_path = roles:$VIRTUAL_ENV/usr/local/share/kubespray/roles:$VIRTUAL_ENV/usr
 deprecation_warnings=False
 inventory_ignore_extensions = ~, .orig, .bak, .ini, .cfg, .retry, .pyc, .pyo, .creds
 [inventory]
-ignore_patterns = artifacts
+ignore_patterns = artifacts, credentials