diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3a70d32d1a..1b557620a0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ var/
 .ipynb_checkpoints
 .virtual_documents
 
+# Environments
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+
 # PyInstaller
 #  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
 #  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1e9cfbdaa5..942461eb91 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 ### Deprecation
 
 ### Documentation
+- Added extensions of virtual environments in [.gitignore](https://github.com/arviz-devs/arviz/blob/main/.gitignore) ([2371](https://github.com/arviz-devs/arviz/issues/2371))
 - Fixed the issue in the [Contribution References Documentation](https://python.arviz.org/en/latest/contributing/index.html) ([2369](https://github.com/arviz-devs/arviz/issues/2369))
 
 ## v0.19.0 (2024 Jul 19)