diff --git a/python/rpdk/java/data/java.gitignore b/python/rpdk/java/data/java.gitignore
index 9b36fbcc..5eb6238e 100644
--- a/python/rpdk/java/data/java.gitignore
+++ b/python/rpdk/java/data/java.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,6 @@ target/
 
 # our logs
 rpdk.log
+
+# contains credentials
+sam-tests/