diff --git a/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py b/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py
index cd9bf39abb..e2dc4dd70d 100644
--- a/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py
+++ b/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py
@@ -5343,7 +5343,7 @@ SKIP_FILES = frozenset(
         "postmaster.pid",
         "pg_control",
         "pg_dynshmem",
-        "metrics.socket",
+        ".metrics.socket",
     )
 )