diff --git a/.github/vale/config/vocabularies/Backstage/accept.txt b/.github/vale/config/vocabularies/Backstage/accept.txt
index 7a83dc6e92..e8c9751ba2 100644
--- a/.github/vale/config/vocabularies/Backstage/accept.txt
+++ b/.github/vale/config/vocabularies/Backstage/accept.txt
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ graphviz
 Hackathons
 haproxy
 hardcoded
+hardcoding
 Harness
 harness
 Helidon