diff --git a/initializr-generator/src/main/resources/templates/gitignore.tmpl b/initializr-generator/src/main/resources/templates/gitignore.tmpl
index 1e33a01d..252d438c 100644
--- a/initializr-generator/src/main/resources/templates/gitignore.tmpl
+++ b/initializr-generator/src/main/resources/templates/gitignore.tmpl
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ target/
 .project
 .settings
 .springBeans
+.sts4-cache
 
 ### IntelliJ IDEA ###
 .idea
diff --git a/initializr-generator/src/test/resources/project/gradle/gitignore.gen b/initializr-generator/src/test/resources/project/gradle/gitignore.gen
index c9f70104..a2f6e4b2 100644
--- a/initializr-generator/src/test/resources/project/gradle/gitignore.gen
+++ b/initializr-generator/src/test/resources/project/gradle/gitignore.gen
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 .project
 .settings
 .springBeans
+.sts4-cache
 
 ### IntelliJ IDEA ###
 .idea
diff --git a/initializr-generator/src/test/resources/project/maven/gitignore.gen b/initializr-generator/src/test/resources/project/maven/gitignore.gen
index 2af7cefb..81a33ed4 100644
--- a/initializr-generator/src/test/resources/project/maven/gitignore.gen
+++ b/initializr-generator/src/test/resources/project/maven/gitignore.gen
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ target/
 .project
 .settings
 .springBeans
+.sts4-cache
 
 ### IntelliJ IDEA ###
 .idea