diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 249fbb77871..1db1da86b2d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -186,3 +186,6 @@ public/locales/*/grafana_old.json
 deployment_tools_config.json
 
 .betterer.cache
+
+# Temporary file for backporting PRs
+.pr-body.txt