diff --git a/.changes/next-release/bugfix-AWSSDKforJavav2-885b171.json b/.changes/next-release/bugfix-AWSSDKforJavav2-885b171.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f7f3cfa7b00f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/next-release/bugfix-AWSSDKforJavav2-885b171.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "category": "AWS SDK for Java v2", 
+    "contributor": "", 
+    "type": "bugfix", 
+    "description": "Add IntelliJ .ipr files to gitignore"
+}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6dc9a39f1427..b3d7ad5f4083 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 # Intellij
 .idea/
 *.iml
+*.ipr
 *.iws
 
 # Mac