diff --git a/roles/anubis-el8/files/botPolicy.yaml b/roles/anubis-el8/files/botPolicy.yaml
index 423b55f808..bb76976d56 100644
--- a/roles/anubis-el8/files/botPolicy.yaml
+++ b/roles/anubis-el8/files/botPolicy.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ bots:
     weight:
       adjust: 20
     path_regex: ^/fork/
+  # allow Pagure attachment files (referenced from Fedora Forge)
+  - name: pagure attachment files
+    path_regex: ^/.+?/issue/raw/files/
+    action: ALLOW
   # these are solid defaults from
   # https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis/blob/main/data/botPolicies.yaml
   - import: (data)/meta/default-config.yaml