diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 06f9a5aecd80..559212581812 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ website/vendor
 
 .env.sh
 
-# goenv version file
-.go-version
-
 # generated by the example acceptance tests
 examples/**/test.tf
 examples/**/test.tfvars
diff --git a/.go-version b/.go-version
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a4cc55716f5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.go-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.14.2