diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 17d304a5d76661abbfc0bafa55b2a2940e424896..6189a197d2c0577b1cdcd37943f63636561e911e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ build/
 doc/api/
 dist/
 cache/
-venv/
+.venv/
 _citools/
 _work/
 .mypy_cache/