diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5750a8d9..07be84ab 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 # Tools
 .terraform
-/terraform/providers.tf
 terraform.tfstate*
 *.tfvars
 /thin_egress_app/.chalice
diff --git a/terraform/providers.tf b/terraform/providers.tf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9bcc73a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/providers.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+terraform {
+  required_providers {
+    aws = {
+      source  = "hashicorp/aws"
+      version = ">= 4.0"
+    }
+  }
+}