diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 18328754723..0fbaf688032 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ package-lock.json
 /packages/rn-tester/NativeModuleExample/ScreenshotManagerSpec*
 
 # Additional SDKs
-/sdks/.hermesversion
 /sdks/hermes
 /sdks/download
 
diff --git a/sdks/.hermesversion b/sdks/.hermesversion
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d72ac148976
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdks/.hermesversion
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hermes-2022-04-28-RNv0.69.0-15d07c2edd29a4ea0b8f15ab0588a0c1adb1200f
\ No newline at end of file