diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7f15cf7938f6c535e3deda7d43ea643b7eb387b4..78a41eef2e9d4f646949ebe86a00acdd99b89eea 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 target/
 
+# auto-generated from scijava-scripts:
+pom.xml.releaseBackup
+
 # stuff to ignore explicitly by name, mostly for porting old code
 *.orig-gitignore.*