diff --git a/.github/vale/Vocab/Backstage/accept.txt b/.github/vale/Vocab/Backstage/accept.txt
index 58f5b57004..979d3708ea 100644
--- a/.github/vale/Vocab/Backstage/accept.txt
+++ b/.github/vale/Vocab/Backstage/accept.txt
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ Spotifiers
 spotify
 Spotify
 sqlite
+sqs
 squidfunk
 src
 statefulsets