diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2786867c..0d138b3a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@ output
 .idea
 **/*.tgz
 **/charts/*/charts
+
+# only ignore the values.yaml file at the root of the repo
+/values.yaml