diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0c4aad7e..0f4b5b90 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,5 +18,4 @@ _site/
 .factorypath
 .vscode/
 .flattened-pom.xml
-.DS_Store
-.sdkmanrc
\ No newline at end of file
+.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.sdkmanrc b/.sdkmanrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4db86767
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.sdkmanrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Enable auto-env through the sdkman_auto_env config
+# Add key=value pairs of SDKs to use below
+java=8.0.292.hs-adpt