diff --git a/.github/workflows/bump-snapshots.yml b/.github/workflows/bump-snapshots.yml
index e8ee7975..4cea1c53 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bump-snapshots.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bump-snapshots.yml
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: bump-rewrite-properties-to-snapshots
         run: |
           ./mvnw versions:update-properties -DincludeProperties=rewrite.version,rewrite.kotlin.version -DallowSnapshots=true
-          git diff-index --quiet HEAD pom.xml || git commit -m "Bump rewrite.version properties" pom.xml && git push origin main && rm -f pom.xml.versionsBackup
+          git diff-index --quiet HEAD pom.xml || git commit -m "Bump rewrite.version properties" pom.xml && git push origin main
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d39f042d..d4acdc53 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ target/
 ry/
 release.properties
 pom.xml.releaseBackup
+pom.xml.versionsBackup
 .idea/
 *.iml
 .classpath