diff --git a/.github/workflows/check.yml b/.github/workflows/check.yml
index 63a91f4..8e647f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: |
             ~/.cache/pip
-            venv
+            .venv
           key: >-
             lint-${{ hashFiles(
                 '.github/requirements.txt',
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -euxo pipefail
           # venv due to mypy through pre-commit, venv-run
-          python3 -m venv venv
-          venv/bin/python3 -m pip install -Ur .github/requirements.txt
-      - run: venv/bin/gitlint --commits "origin/$GITHUB_BASE_REF..HEAD"
+          python3 -m venv .venv
+          .venv/bin/python3 -m pip install -Ur .github/requirements.txt
+      - run: .venv/bin/gitlint --commits "origin/$GITHUB_BASE_REF..HEAD"
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
       - uses: pre-commit/action@2c7b3805fd2a0fd8c1884dcaebf91fc102a13ecd # v3.0.1
 
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c7171ad..b1306ce 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 /.mise.local.toml
 /.nox/
 /.python-version
+/.venv/
 /build/
 /dist/
 /service_account.json
-/venv/
 __pycache__/