diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f8824fa9f..0c012539a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -101,3 +101,4 @@ spack-build-out.txt
 spack-configure-args.txt
 .vscode/
 **/psc*params.txt
+.venv/
\ No newline at end of file