diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d3c95482023..24be841a42f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 .coverage
 doc/_build/
 .ipynb_checkpoints
+.pytest_cache/
 
 # build artifacts
 allennlp.egg-info/
@@ -10,4 +11,3 @@ allennlp.egg-info/
 build/
 dist/
 .mypy_cache
-