diff --git a/actions/ql/lib/ext/config/poisonable_steps.yml b/actions/ql/lib/ext/config/poisonable_steps.yml
index d15b8d7a6a5..cf7f71dccc9 100644
--- a/actions/ql/lib/ext/config/poisonable_steps.yml
+++ b/actions/ql/lib/ext/config/poisonable_steps.yml
@@ -72,5 +72,5 @@ extensions:
       - ["(python[\\d\\.]*)\\s+([^\\s]+)\\.py\\b", 2]
       - ["(python[\\d\\.]*)\\s+([\\-m]+)\\s+(\\w+)\\b", 2] # eg: pythonX -m anything(dir or file)
       - ["(ruby)\\s+([^\\s]+)\\.rb\\b", 2]
-      - ["(go)\\s+(generate|run)\\s+([^\\s]+)", 3]
+      - ["(go)\\s+(generate|run)(?:\\s+-[^\\s]+)*\\s+([^\\s]+)", 3]
       - ["(dotnet)\\s+([^\\s]+)\\.csproj\\b", 2]