diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dcfbf8b9..e155f0dc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,6 +24,5 @@ pom.xml.releaseBackup
 .flattened-pom.xml
 release.properties
 .vscode/
-.sdkmanrc
 plugins/
 
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