diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1be358d288b..6eae45c98e9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ dist
 __pycache__
 .tox
 .coverage
+.python-version
 doc/rtd_html
 parts
 prime