diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 80941b6b..43cbcbc1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test with Valgrind
         if: ${{ startsWith(matrix.os, 'ubuntu') && matrix.build_system == 'autotools' }}
         run: |
-            ./build-aux/ci_build.bash -b autotools -p test -d sandbox -w "valgrind --quiet --trace-children=yes --trace-children-skip-by-arg=ls,cp,sed,grep,bash,sh --exit-on-first-error=yes --error-exitcode=1"
+            ./build-aux/ci_build.bash -b autotools -p test -d sandbox -w "valgrind --quiet --trace-children=yes --trace-children-skip=*/cmp,*/cp,*/diff,*/grep,*/rm,*/sed --exit-on-first-error=yes --error-exitcode=1"
             cd ../xz_build && make distclean
 
       - name: Build with musl libc