diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 155ad843..c0143066 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<a name="6.1.1"></a>
+<a name="6.2.0"></a>
 
-## 6.1.1 (2024-08-08)
+## 6.2.0 (2024-08-08)
 
 It is recommended to update to this version to fix issues with the language server `rust-analyzer`.
 You can update using the following two commands:
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ cargo install rustlings
 
 - Fix `rust-analyzer` rebuilding all exercises after changing one file.
 - Show a helpful error message when trying to install Rustlings with a Rust version lower than the minimum one that Rustlings supports.
+- Remove the state file and the solutions directory from the generated `.gitignore` file.
 - Run the final check of all exercises in parallel.
 - Small exercise improvements.
 - `dev check`: Check that all solutions are formatted with `rustfmt`.
diff --git a/src/dev/new.rs b/src/dev/new.rs
index 55d5f141..c7650465 100644
--- a/src/dev/new.rs
+++ b/src/dev/new.rs
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ pub fn new(path: &Path, no_git: bool) -> Result<()> {
 
 pub const GITIGNORE: &[u8] = b".rustlings-state.txt
 Cargo.lock
-target
-.vscode
+target/
+.vscode/
 !.vscode/extensions.json
 ";
 
diff --git a/src/init.rs b/src/init.rs
index bfa0ab86..9c7d10f4 100644
--- a/src/init.rs
+++ b/src/init.rs
@@ -92,11 +92,9 @@ const INIT_SOLUTION_FILE: &[u8] = b"fn main() {
 }
 ";
 
-const GITIGNORE: &[u8] = b".rustlings-state.txt
-solutions
-Cargo.lock
-target
-.vscode
+const GITIGNORE: &[u8] = b"Cargo.lock
+target/
+.vscode/
 ";
 
 pub const VS_CODE_EXTENSIONS_JSON: &[u8] = br#"{"recommendations":["rust-lang.rust-analyzer"]}"#;