diff --git a/template/.pre-commit-config.yaml.j2 b/template/.pre-commit-config.yaml.j2
index 259bae3d..f393cd03 100644
--- a/template/.pre-commit-config.yaml.j2
+++ b/template/.pre-commit-config.yaml.j2
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: shellcheck
         args: ["--severity=info"]
+        # Temporarily needed until all getting_started.sh.j2 scripts are made non-executable.
+        # As long as they are, prek will treat them as shell scripts and so this hook will fail.
+        # pre-commit behaves differently apparently and doesn't pass .j2 files to this hook.
+        exclude: \.j2$
 
   # WARNING (@NickLarsenNZ): Nix users need to install ruff first.
   # If you do not, you will need to delete the cached ruff binary shown in the
diff --git a/template/scripts/docs_templating.sh b/template/scripts/docs_templating.sh
index e4b945da..8468a971 100755
--- a/template/scripts/docs_templating.sh
+++ b/template/scripts/docs_templating.sh
@@ -38,4 +38,7 @@ do
   jinja2 "$file" "$templating_vars_file" -o "$new_file_name"
 done
 
+# Ensure this script is executable
+chmod +x docs/modules/opensearch/examples/getting_started/getting_started.sh
+
 echo "done"