diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/base-codestarts/src/main/resources/codestarts/quarkus/project/quarkus/base/..gitignore b/independent-projects/tools/base-codestarts/src/main/resources/codestarts/quarkus/project/quarkus/base/..gitignore
index 3cf482a1da8dc..af4390a115714 100644
--- a/independent-projects/tools/base-codestarts/src/main/resources/codestarts/quarkus/project/quarkus/base/..gitignore
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/base-codestarts/src/main/resources/codestarts/quarkus/project/quarkus/base/..gitignore
@@ -30,3 +30,6 @@ nb-configuration.xml
 
 # Local environment
 .env
+
+# Plugin directory
+/.quarkus/cli/plugins/