diff --git a/.bazelignore b/.bazelignore
index 7ace587d0ff..13ca0ec3c7f 100644
--- a/.bazelignore
+++ b/.bazelignore
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ third_party/protobuf
 third_party/protoc-gen-validate
 third_party/re2
 third_party/upb
+third_party/utf8_range
 third_party/xds
 
 test/distrib/bazel/cpp