diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ad0c3c152f..346ef9afae 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,4 +4,3 @@ Cargo.lock
 *.pk
 *.sk
 *.raw_keypairs
-eth2/state_processing/yaml_utils/specs/*.yaml
diff --git a/eth2/state_processing/yaml_utils/specs/.gitignore b/eth2/state_processing/yaml_utils/specs/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e82fc7deb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eth2/state_processing/yaml_utils/specs/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.yaml