diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-gitleaks.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-gitleaks.yml
index 5892176c27a4d2e7485736d66673a465fc109794..a7bfbde90e0e319351e288b997368c0e0875c431 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-gitleaks.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-gitleaks.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ variables:
   GITLEAKS_QUICK_DEPTH: "10"
   GITLEAKS_QUICK_ARGS: "--verbose"
   # default production ref name (pattern)
-  PROD_REF: '/^master$/'
+  PROD_REF: '/^(master|main)$/'
   # default integration ref name (pattern)
   INTEG_REF: '/^develop$/'