diff --git a/.changelog/unreleased/miscellaneous/1158-gitignore-anoma.md b/.changelog/unreleased/miscellaneous/1158-gitignore-anoma.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..79e551d436
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/unreleased/miscellaneous/1158-gitignore-anoma.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- Make some .gitignore patterns relative to repo root
+  ([#1158](https://github.com/anoma/anoma/pull/1158))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8092b5afd8..5f835e6405 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ debug/
 target/
 
 # Release packages
-anoma-*/
-anoma-*.tar.gz
+/anoma-*/
+/anoma-*.tar.gz
 
 # These are backup files generated by rustfmt
 **/*.rs.bk
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ anoma-*.tar.gz
 wasm/*.wasm
 
 # app version string file
-apps/version.rs
+/apps/version.rs