diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index fa80d7b..591107d 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -65,3 +65,34 @@ jobs:
           LLM_TIMEOUT: "600"
           SYSTEM_PROMPT_FILE: ${{ matrix.system_prompt_file }}
         run: ./review-bot
+
+  # Test dot path normalization with security-patterns repo
+  test-dot-path:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+    needs: test
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '1.26'
+      - run: go build -o review-bot ./cmd/review-bot
+      - name: Test dot path normalization
+        env:
+          GITEA_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}
+          GITEA_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+          REVIEWER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GPT_REVIEW_TOKEN }}
+          REVIEWER_NAME: dot-path-test
+          LLM_PROVIDER: aicore
+          LLM_MODEL: gpt-5
+          AICORE_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.AICORE_CLIENT_ID }}
+          AICORE_CLIENT_SECRET: ${{ secrets.AICORE_CLIENT_SECRET }}
+          AICORE_AUTH_URL: ${{ secrets.AICORE_AUTH_URL }}
+          AICORE_API_URL: ${{ secrets.AICORE_API_URL }}
+          AICORE_RESOURCE_GROUP: ${{ secrets.AICORE_RESOURCE_GROUP }}
+          CONVENTIONS_FILE: "CONVENTIONS.md"
+          PATTERNS_REPO: "rodin/security-patterns"
+          PATTERNS_FILES: "."
+          LLM_TIMEOUT: "600"
+        run: ./review-bot