diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5c4c732f62cda05014dfa913463b7b728d569431..4a06551d34264af50b010d26ae6171d3c0ab8eeb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ kubeSupport/redis-user-db-pwd.txt
 /deploy/*-pwd.txt
 /deploy/*.yaml
 
+# when deploying with docker keeping a package-lock.json file is more hassle than the issues it solves
+# (it would be created in the docker image, or if mounting this as root)
+package-lock.json
+
 # Logs
 logs
 *.log