diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index f9bec185ff5..a1bc7d59020 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 
 <!-- Changes to how Black can be configured -->
 
+- `.pytest_cache`, `.ruff_cache` and `.vscode` are now excluded by default (#3691)
+
 ### Packaging
 
 <!-- Changes to how Black is packaged, such as dependency requirements -->
diff --git a/src/black/const.py b/src/black/const.py
index 0e13f31517d..ee466679c70 100644
--- a/src/black/const.py
+++ b/src/black/const.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 DEFAULT_LINE_LENGTH = 88
-DEFAULT_EXCLUDES = r"/(\.direnv|\.eggs|\.git|\.hg|\.mypy_cache|\.nox|\.tox|\.venv|venv|\.svn|\.ipynb_checkpoints|_build|buck-out|build|dist|__pypackages__)/"  # noqa: B950
+DEFAULT_EXCLUDES = r"/(\.direnv|\.eggs|\.git|\.hg|\.ipynb_checkpoints|\.mypy_cache|\.nox|\.pytest_cache|\.ruff_cache|\.tox|\.svn|\.venv|\.vscode|__pypackages__|_build|buck-out|build|dist|venv)/"  # noqa: B950
 DEFAULT_INCLUDES = r"(\.pyi?|\.ipynb)$"
 STDIN_PLACEHOLDER = "__BLACK_STDIN_FILENAME__"