diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@
 #build tests
 test/config.ini
 test/cache/*
-test/.mypy_cache/
+*.mypy_cache/
 
 !src/leveldb*/Makefile
 
 contrib/devtools/split-debug.sh
 
 # Ignore node_modules at every level
-node_modules/
\ No newline at end of file
+node_modules/