diff --git a/.fvmrc b/.fvmrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45c2124
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.fvmrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "flutter": "3.38.6"
+}
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b8706f1..bf8c7bb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-.fvmrc
 .vscode/settings.json
 
 # Miscellaneous
@@ -47,6 +46,9 @@ app.*.map.json
 
 /tmp
 /flutter_data
-.fvm/
+
+# FVM (commit only the version pin/config; never the SDK itself)
+!.fvmrc
+.fvm/**
 
 .env
\ No newline at end of file