diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.dockerignore b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.dockerignore
index d01db04a..5518e60a 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.dockerignore
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.dockerignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 .pre-commit-config.yaml
 .readthedocs.yml
 .travis.yml
+venv