diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6823221aed4..e33fb46cb07 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -225,3 +225,6 @@ ui/.vercel
 
 # Go subprocess binaries (built during feast pip package building)
 sdk/python/feast/binaries/
+
+# ignore the bin directory under feast operator.
+infra/feast-operator/bin
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/infra/feast-operator/.gitignore b/infra/feast-operator/.gitignore
index 72df211c0ca..c0c53d8e17e 100644
--- a/infra/feast-operator/.gitignore
+++ b/infra/feast-operator/.gitignore
@@ -27,4 +27,8 @@ go.work
 *~
 
 # Installer file generated by Kustomize - skip 'dist/' directories within the Feast project except this one.
-!dist/
\ No newline at end of file
+!dist/
+bin
+bin/
+/bin/
+