diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index feda423c10..7e9e158202 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,10 +9,14 @@
 # Cheers!
 # -andrewrk
 
-zig-cache/
+.zig-cache/
 zig-out/
 /release/
 /debug/
 /build/
 /build-*/
 /docgen_tmp/
+
+# Although this was renamed to .zig-cache, let's leave it here for a few
+# releases to make it less annoying to work with multiple branches.
+zig-cache/