diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 27086cc8..89bbe0b2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ pylint.html
 /*.yml
 !*.template.yml
 /agent-ui
+/test/**/.serena
 
 # dynamic LS installations
 /src/multilspy/language_servers/*/static
@@ -220,7 +221,6 @@ pylint.html
 *.tmp
 tmp/
 
-.serena/
 .vscode/
 
 # Claude settings
diff --git a/.serena/.gitignore b/.serena/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..14d86ad6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.serena/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/cache