diff --git a/dev_tools/check_useless_exclude_paths_hooks.py b/dev_tools/check_useless_exclude_paths_hooks.py
index 4fec637..a6688f9 100644
--- a/dev_tools/check_useless_exclude_paths_hooks.py
+++ b/dev_tools/check_useless_exclude_paths_hooks.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ def extract_literal_exclude_paths(exclude_regex: str) -> list[str]:
         .replace(" ", "")
         .replace("(?x)^(", "")
         .replace("^", "")
+        .replace(r"\.", ".")
         .replace(")", "")
         .split("|")
     )
diff --git a/tests/test_check_useless_exclude_paths_hooks.py b/tests/test_check_useless_exclude_paths_hooks.py
index 4bcf73e..090ee5c 100644
--- a/tests/test_check_useless_exclude_paths_hooks.py
+++ b/tests/test_check_useless_exclude_paths_hooks.py
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ def test_extract_literal_exclude_paths_for_regex_only_exclude_should_return_empt
     assert extract_literal_exclude_paths(r"(?x)^(bar/.*\.png|.*\.lock$)") == []
 
 
+def test_extract_literal_exclude_paths_for_escaped_dot_should_unescape() -> None:
+    assert extract_literal_exclude_paths(r"(?x)^(foo/bar\.py)") == ["foo/bar.py"]
+
+
 def test_extract_literal_exclude_paths_for_single_literal_should_return_path() -> None:
     assert extract_literal_exclude_paths("packages/thirdparty/") == ["packages/thirdparty/"]