diff --git a/hw/ip/aon_timer/dv/aon_timer_sim_cfg.hjson b/hw/ip/aon_timer/dv/aon_timer_sim_cfg.hjson
index ca72258625a8d0..26d6c9dde53c17 100644
--- a/hw/ip/aon_timer/dv/aon_timer_sim_cfg.hjson
+++ b/hw/ip/aon_timer/dv/aon_timer_sim_cfg.hjson
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
   reseed: 50
 
   // Add specific exclusion files.
-  vcs_cov_excl_files: ["{proj_root}/hw/ip/aon_timer/dv/cov/aon_timer_unr_excl.el"]
+  vcs_cov_excl_files: ["{proj_root}/hw/ip/aon_timer/dv/cov/aon_timer_unr_excl.el",
+                       "{proj_root}/hw/ip/aon_timer/dv/cov/aon_timer_unr_manually_excluded_excl.el"]
 
   // Default UVM test and seq class name.
   uvm_test: aon_timer_base_test