diff --git a/.gitlab/tests/cram/generic/ulimit.t b/.gitlab/tests/cram/generic/ulimit.t
index 50ade9271b..fca50a4f6b 100644
--- a/.gitlab/tests/cram/generic/ulimit.t
+++ b/.gitlab/tests/cram/generic/ulimit.t
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ Assure no unlimited core file shell resource limits:
   >   dir=\$(dirname \$file); grep -q -s 'core.*size[[:space:]]*unlimited' \"\$dir/limits\" && \
   >   echo \"ERROR: unlimited core size detected: \$(cat \$file | tr '\0' ' ')\";
   > done \
-  > " | grep -v -e netifd -e udhcpc -e wait_for
+  > " | grep -v -E '(netifd|udhcpc|wait_for|hostapd|wpa_supplicant)'
   [1]