Let k be a finitely generated field of characteristic 0 and 鈩? a prime. Let S be a smooth, separated and geometrically connected scheme over k and let 蟻:蟺1(S)→GLr(Z鈩?/sub>) be an 鈩? -adic representation of the étale fundamental group of S . Let G and denote the images of 蟺1(S) and respectively. Given a closed point s∈S, we write Gs for the image of the absolute Galois group 螕k(s) of the residue field k(s) viewed as a decomposition group at s in 蟺1(S). By previous works of the authors, it is known that, when S is a curve, for all d≥1 and all but finitely many s∈S with [k(s):k]≤d, the codimension of Gs in G is at most 2. In this note, we improve this rigidity result as follows. Write g, , gs for the Lie algebras of G , , Gs respectively. Then for all but finitely many s∈S with [k(s):k]≤d, one of the following holds: (i) the codimension of Gs in G is at most 1 and gs contains ; or (ii) the codimension of Gs in G is 2 and gs contains . We also obtain an arithmetic variant of this result, which involves the derived series of g.