diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 12c045a..a3a2703 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ composer.lock
 php-scoper.phar
 
 
-finalize.json
+.finalize.json
diff --git a/src/FileSystem/JsonFileSystem.php b/src/FileSystem/JsonFileSystem.php
index 0543909..64fc423 100644
--- a/src/FileSystem/JsonFileSystem.php
+++ b/src/FileSystem/JsonFileSystem.php
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ final class JsonFileSystem
     public static function writeCacheFile(array $data): void
     {
         $jsonContents = Json::encode($data, pretty: true);
-        FileSystem::write(getcwd() . '/finalize.json', $jsonContents);
+        FileSystem::write(getcwd() . '/.finalize.json', $jsonContents);
     }
 }