diff --git a/scripts/data-push.sh b/scripts/data-push.sh
index 3d9424e..65b13d1 100755
--- a/scripts/data-push.sh
+++ b/scripts/data-push.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ collect_files() {
   if [[ "$MODE" != "checkpoints-only" ]]; then
     for dir in "${DATA_DIRS[@]}"; do
       local abs="$REPO_ROOT/$dir"
-      [[ -d "$abs" ]] && find "$abs" -type f -not -name '*.zst'
+      [[ -d "$abs" ]] && find "$abs" -type f \
+        -not -name '*.zst' \
+        -not -path '*/.finetune_data_cache/*' \
+        -not -path '*/.data_cache/*'
     done
   fi