diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 122db9868d..d085775b76 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ doxygen/
 
 CMakeCache.txt
 CMakeFiles/
+version.txt
 
 src/stamp-h1
 src/t8_config.h