diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c7d7048ba0..052b287229 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -44,4 +44,3 @@ dependency-reduced-pom.xml
 
 .vscode/
 .flattened-pom.xml
-.sdkmanrc
diff --git a/.sdkmanrc b/.sdkmanrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4db8676754
--- /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