diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 968425835a..098f5f2ce0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ __pycache__/
 /*.log.*
 /*.log.config
 /*.pid
-/.python-version
 /*.signing.key
 /env/
 /.venv*/
diff --git a/.python-version b/.python-version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..24ee5b1be9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.python-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.13