diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d5f9897078..0c6673035e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ Thumbs.db
 build/
 out/
 micronaut-cli.yml
-.mvn/
 *.log
 package-lock.json
 *.zip
diff --git a/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties b/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..094f1823d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+wrapperVersion=3.3.2
+distributionType=only-script
+distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.9.9/apache-maven-3.9.9-bin.zip