diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 232fa17c..5319bb15 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -27,3 +27,7 @@ tools/editors/jetbrains/build/
 # macOS Finder metadata
 .DS_Store
 **/.DS_Store
+
+# Python bytecode cache from the docgen / release tooling
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc