diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a13736e..6ee9022 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,6 @@ ioc/config
 
 # podman may leave this around in aborted builds
 .build.swp
+
+# this gets updated during RTEMS builds
+ioc/configure/CONFIG_SITE.Common.linux-x86_64
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ioc/install_proxy.sh b/ioc/install_proxy.sh
index 1b2dedb..c65b0bb 100644
--- a/ioc/install_proxy.sh
+++ b/ioc/install_proxy.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # so proxy installation is not required.
 
 if [[ $EPICS_TARGET_ARCH == "RTEMS-beatnik" ]] ; then
-    pip install rtems-proxy=="0.3.0"
+    pip install rtems-proxy=="0.3.1"
 fi
 
 # no other proxies supported at present