diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 45021636..9651f798 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -56,7 +56,14 @@
 !/frontend-source/
 !/frontend-source/**
 
-# Generated test env files
-scripts/test-env/logs/
+# Large binary artifacts (removed from git history via BFG 2026-05-05)
+**/releases/*.zip
+**/releases/*.tar.gz
+**/releases/*.bak*
+**/releases/*.good
+/cw-elevator-application-V1.0.0.20211103/cw-elevator-application-V1.0.0.20211103.jar
+*.jar.bak
+
+# Generated test env files
+scripts/test-env/logs/
 scripts/test-env/services/
-*.jar.bak