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Lorentz transformation of Dirac spinor

I'm wondering again what I'm missing in my understanding. In Peskin and Schroeder, as well as in other sources, the spinor representation of Lorentz transformation is given by $$\Lambda_\frac{1}{2}=exp(-\frac{i}{2}\omega_{\mu\nu}S^{\mu\nu})$$. Where $\omega_{\mu\nu}$ is antisymmetric tensor representing the Lorentz transformation and $S^{\mu\nu}=\frac{i}{4}[\gamma^\mu,\gamma^\nu]$. In the same sources they write that $$\Lambda^\dagger_\frac{1}{2}=exp(\frac{i}{2}\omega_{\mu\nu}(S^{\mu\nu})^\dagger)$$. The question, using the matrix identity $(AB)^T=B^TA^T$ shouldn't we have $$\Lambda^\dagger_\frac{1}{2}=exp(\frac{i}{2}(S^{\mu\nu})^\dagger\omega_{\mu\nu})$$?