diff --git a/test/cypress/.gitignore b/test/cypress/.gitignore
index 38a5ca9418d..1a5330b409e 100644
--- a/test/cypress/.gitignore
+++ b/test/cypress/.gitignore
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@ videos/*
 screenshots/*
 storage/*
 reports/*
-downloads/*
 docker/logs/*
diff --git a/test/cypress/downloads/.keep b/test/cypress/downloads/.keep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d