diff --git a/debian/cmake-data.lintian-overrides b/debian/cmake-data.lintian-overrides
index e00438367..7cf3962ec 100644
--- a/debian/cmake-data.lintian-overrides
+++ b/debian/cmake-data.lintian-overrides
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # CMake modules and non-optional help files which must not be deleted by the admin
-package-contains-documentation-outside-usr-share-doc usr/share/*
+package-contains-documentation-outside-usr-share-doc [usr/share/*]
diff --git a/debian/source/lintian-overrides b/debian/source/lintian-overrides
index 4324ff190..c7f1317fd 100644
--- a/debian/source/lintian-overrides
+++ b/debian/source/lintian-overrides
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # binary test files used by the test suite to verify that changing the RPATH works fine
-cmake source: source-is-missing Tests/RunCMake/file-RPATH/ELF/elf*.bin
+cmake source: source-is-missing [Tests/RunCMake/file-RPATH/ELF/elf*.bin]
 # binary test files used by the test suite to verify that changing the RPATH works fine
-cmake source: source-contains-prebuilt-binary Tests/RunCMake/file-RPATH/ELF/elf*.bin
+cmake source: source-contains-prebuilt-binary [Tests/RunCMake/file-RPATH/ELF/elf*.bin]
 # test files
-cmake source: source-contains-cmake-cache-file Tests/*/CMakeCache.txt
-# false positive; lintian 2.111.0 cannot grok python3-sphinx:native as build depend
-cmake source: missing-build-dependency-for-dh_-command dh_sphinxdoc => *
+cmake source: source-contains-cmake-cache-file [Tests/*/CMakeCache.txt]