diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index ac7ac33..baa462d 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 * text=auto eol=lf
 *.patch -text -eol
+helpdesk-bot/mitigation.patch text eol=lf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/helpdesk/test_patch.py b/tests/helpdesk/test_patch.py
index df0d2f2..b820608 100644
--- a/tests/helpdesk/test_patch.py
+++ b/tests/helpdesk/test_patch.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ def git(*args: str) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess[str]:
             )
 
         git("init", "-q", "--initial-branch=main")
+        git("config", "core.autocrlf", "false")
         git("config", "user.email", "smoke@local")
         git("config", "user.name", "smoke")
         git("add", "helpdesk-bot/helpdesk_bot/agent.py")