diff --git a/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/templates/component-governance-component-detection-steps.yml b/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/templates/component-governance-component-detection-steps.yml
index c2541e3313..d433abdac4 100644
--- a/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/templates/component-governance-component-detection-steps.yml
+++ b/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/templates/component-governance-component-detection-steps.yml
@@ -12,4 +12,6 @@ steps:
           and(eq('${{parameters.condition}}', 'always'), always())),
           and(eq('${{parameters.condition}}', 'succeeded'), succeeded()))
   inputs:
-    ignoreDirectories: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/cmake/external/tvm/3rdparty/dmlc-core/tracker' # ignore dmlc-core tracker for its CI, which is not used in onnxruntime build
+    # ignore dmlc-core tracker for its CI, which is not used in onnxruntime build
+    # ignore unit tests in emscripten. emscripten unit tests are not used in onnxruntime build
+    ignoreDirectories: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/cmake/external/tvm/3rdparty/dmlc-core/tracker,$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/cmake/external/emsdk/upstream/emscripten/tests'