diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7bd0f98590d..53b49764480 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ x-pack/functionbeat/pkg
 *.generated.yml
 coverage.out
 docker.env
-.python-version
 beat.db
 *.keystore
 go_env.properties
diff --git a/.python-version b/.python-version
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..14ca9b2dbeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.python-version
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+3.9.13
+
diff --git a/CHANGELOG-developer.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG-developer.next.asciidoc
index 896b44027ab..e69b47b6274 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG-developer.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG-developer.next.asciidoc
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ The list below covers the major changes between 7.0.0-rc2 and main only.
 - Add Github action for linting
 - Add regex support for drop_fields processor.
 - Improve compatibility and reduce flakyness of Python tests {pull}31588[31588]
+- Added `.python-version` file {pull}32323[32323]
 
 ==== Deprecated