diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3b5dcfda..c3a1a712 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ target
 **/*/target
 **/*/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
 pom.xml~
+pom.xml.bak
 .project
 .classpath
 README.md~