diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2b215214c..b2c622891 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 ### Template
 
+- Add null/ to .gitignore ([#3191](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/3191))
+
 ### Download
 
 ### Linting
diff --git a/nf_core/pipeline-template/.gitignore b/nf_core/pipeline-template/.gitignore
index 5124c9ac7..a42ce0162 100644
--- a/nf_core/pipeline-template/.gitignore
+++ b/nf_core/pipeline-template/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ results/
 testing/
 testing*
 *.pyc
+null/