diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 04472205..4255d3a7 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -79,6 +79,22 @@ tasks.register<Exec>("licenseHeader") {
         "conformance/build/generated/sources/bufgen/",
         "--ignore",
         "src/main/resources/buf/validate/",
+        "--ignore",
+        ".github",
+        "--ignore",
+        "src/test/resources/proto/buf.gen.*.yaml",
+        "--ignore",
+        "benchmarks/buf.gen.yaml",
+        "--ignore",
+        "benchmarks/buf.yaml",
+        "--ignore",
+        "conformance/buf.gen.yaml",
+        "--ignore",
+        "conformance/expected-failures.yaml",
+        "--ignore",
+        "buf.gen.yaml",
+        "--ignore",
+        "buf.yaml",
     )
 }
 
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index a5db5686..2b663c5e 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [versions]
 assertj = "3.27.7"
-buf = "1.68.4"
+buf = "1.69.0"
 cel = "0.12.0"
 error-prone = "2.49.0"
 junit = "5.14.4"