diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e6081cab0bc9a..a16d57f09069a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 /bazel-out
 /integration/bazel/bazel-*
 *.log
-node_modules
+/node_modules/
 
 # CircleCI temporary file for cache key computation.
 # See `save_month_to_file` in `.circleci/config.yml`.
diff --git a/aio/.gitignore b/aio/.gitignore
index b5d376505f387..ce6a4188e3868 100644
--- a/aio/.gitignore
+++ b/aio/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 # Node
 /node_modules
+/tools/examples/shared/node_modules
 npm-debug.log
 yarn-error.log