diff --git a/victoria-metrics/alerts.yml b/victoria-metrics/alerts.yml
index 0eb721a..ae21f58 100644
--- a/victoria-metrics/alerts.yml
+++ b/victoria-metrics/alerts.yml
@@ -225,7 +225,11 @@ groups:
     expr: >-
       max_over_time(
         increase(
-          flower_events_total{job="paperless-ngx", type="task-failed"}
+          flower_events_total{
+            job="paperless-ngx",
+            type="task-failed",
+            task!="documents.tasks.consume_file",
+          }
         )[24h]
       ) > 0
     annotations: