diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 17d732070c22830362c3f828ef9ec2c9ddfe62ac..850a642b9d6e7af71bf9ba1ec20422ba98944185 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ wheels/
 .installed.cfg
 *.egg
 MANIFEST
+.version
 
 # PyInstaller
 #  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template