diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a554b523..a290f03d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -38,4 +38,7 @@ site
 # Benchmarking
 *.crc
 *.parquet
-_SUCCESS
\ No newline at end of file
+_SUCCESS
+
+# Spark-Connect related files/binaries
+spark-*-bin-hadoop3/**
\ No newline at end of file