diff --git a/python/rpdk/java/data/java.gitignore b/python/rpdk/java/data/java.gitignore
index 5eb6238e..faa92591 100644
--- a/python/rpdk/java/data/java.gitignore
+++ b/python/rpdk/java/data/java.gitignore
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ out/
 target/
 
 # our logs
-rpdk.log
+rpdk.log*
 
 # contains credentials
 sam-tests/