diff --git a/.github/workflows/extension_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/extension_tests.yml
index 622f4c8f10..4003f41c27 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/extension_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/extension_tests.yml
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: run_tests::run_ts_query_ls
       run: |-
         tar -xf "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/ts_query_ls-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz" -C "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
-        "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/ts_query_ls" format --check . || {
+        "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/ts_query_ls" format --check languages || {
             echo "Found unformatted queries, please format them with ts_query_ls."
             echo "For easy use, install the Tree-sitter query extension:"
             echo "zed://extension/tree-sitter-query"
diff --git a/tooling/xtask/src/tasks/workflows/extension_tests.rs b/tooling/xtask/src/tasks/workflows/extension_tests.rs
index a83a0ab9a2..56aeb677ea 100644
--- a/tooling/xtask/src/tasks/workflows/extension_tests.rs
+++ b/tooling/xtask/src/tasks/workflows/extension_tests.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ use indoc::indoc;
 
 use crate::tasks::workflows::{
     extension_bump::compare_versions,
-    run_tests::{fetch_ts_query_ls, orchestrate_for_extension, run_ts_query_ls, tests_pass},
+    run_tests::{
+        RunContext, fetch_ts_query_ls, orchestrate_for_extension, run_ts_query_ls, tests_pass,
+    },
     runners,
     steps::{
         self, BASH_SHELL, CommonJobConditions, FluentBuilder, NamedJob,
@@ -146,7 +148,7 @@ pub(crate) fn check_extension() -> NamedJob {
         .add_step(cache_rust_dependencies_namespace()) // Extensions can compile Rust, so provide the cache if needed.
         .add_step(check())
         .add_step(fetch_ts_query_ls())
-        .add_step(run_ts_query_ls())
+        .add_step(run_ts_query_ls(RunContext::Extension))
         .add_step(check_version_job)
         .add_step(verify_version_did_not_change(version_changed));
 
diff --git a/tooling/xtask/src/tasks/workflows/run_tests.rs b/tooling/xtask/src/tasks/workflows/run_tests.rs
index 0bbff446a7..b0eac45847 100644
--- a/tooling/xtask/src/tasks/workflows/run_tests.rs
+++ b/tooling/xtask/src/tasks/workflows/run_tests.rs
@@ -391,15 +391,24 @@ pub(crate) fn fetch_ts_query_ls() -> Step<Use> {
     .add_with(("file", TS_QUERY_LS_FILE))
 }
 
-pub(crate) fn run_ts_query_ls() -> Step<Run> {
+pub(crate) enum RunContext {
+    ZedRepository,
+    Extension,
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn run_ts_query_ls(context: RunContext) -> Step<Run> {
     named::bash(formatdoc!(
         r#"tar -xf "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/{TS_QUERY_LS_FILE}" -C "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
-        "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/ts_query_ls" format --check . || {{
+        "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/ts_query_ls" format --check {directory} || {{
             echo "Found unformatted queries, please format them with ts_query_ls."
             echo "For easy use, install the Tree-sitter query extension:"
             echo "zed://extension/tree-sitter-query"
             false
-        }}"#
+        }}"#,
+        directory = match context {
+            RunContext::Extension => "languages",
+            RunContext::ZedRepository => ".",
+        }
     ))
 }
 
@@ -425,7 +434,7 @@ fn check_style() -> NamedJob {
             .add_step(steps::script("./script/check-keymaps"))
             .add_step(check_for_typos())
             .add_step(fetch_ts_query_ls())
-            .add_step(run_ts_query_ls()),
+            .add_step(run_ts_query_ls(RunContext::ZedRepository)),
     )
 }