diff --git a/.bazelignore b/.bazelignore
index ebba3c11..848196b1 100644
--- a/.bazelignore
+++ b/.bazelignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 pkg/dep
-**/*.bazel_ignore
+.bazelignore
+.bazel_ignore
 node_modules
 ci_output
 vendor/github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway