diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 87b00f6d52..27b05cae24 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -27,3 +27,13 @@ settings.json
 /deployment/data/nginx/app.conf
 *.sw?
 /backend/tests/regression/answer_quality/search_test_config.yaml
+
+# Local .terraform directories
+**/.terraform/*
+
+# Local .tfstate files
+*.tfstate
+*.tfstate.*
+
+# Local .terraform.lock.hcl file
+.terraform.lock.hcl