diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index ecf1097c0..203e2dd8d 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ RewriteRule .* index.php [L]
 
 ## Begin - Security
 # Block all direct access for these folders
-RewriteRule ^(cache|bin|logs|backup)/(.*) error [L]
+RewriteRule ^(.git|cache|bin|logs|backup)/(.*) error [L]
 # Block access to specific file types for these folders
 RewriteRule ^(system|user|vendor)/(.*)\.(txt|md|html|yaml|php|twig|sh|bat)$ error [L]
 ## End - Security
diff --git a/htaccess.txt b/htaccess.txt
index ce48b2674..203e2dd8d 100644
--- a/htaccess.txt
+++ b/htaccess.txt
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ RewriteRule .* index.php [L]
 
 ## Begin - Security
 # Block all direct access for these folders
-RewriteRule ^(cache|bin|logs)/(.*) error [L]
+RewriteRule ^(.git|cache|bin|logs|backup)/(.*) error [L]
 # Block access to specific file types for these folders
 RewriteRule ^(system|user|vendor)/(.*)\.(txt|md|html|yaml|php|twig|sh|bat)$ error [L]
 ## End - Security