diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 9e081cf387..89876fc04f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Added
 
 * Begin introducing `pants <https://www.pantsbuild.org/docs>`_ to improve DX (Developer Experience)
   working on StackStorm, improve our security posture, and improve CI reliability thanks in part
-  to pants' use of PEX lockfiles. This is not a user-facing addition. #5713 #5724 #5726 #5725 #5732
+  to pants' use of PEX lockfiles. This is not a user-facing addition. #5713 #5724 #5726 #5725 #5732 #5733
   Contributed by @cognifloyd
 
 Changed
diff --git a/pants.toml b/pants.toml
index c4a2eba651..5af7de45fa 100644
--- a/pants.toml
+++ b/pants.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [GLOBAL]
-pants_version = "2.13.0rc2"
+pants_version = "2.14.0rc1"
 backend_packages = [
   # python
   "pants.backend.python",
@@ -9,6 +9,25 @@ backend_packages = [
   # shell
   "pants.backend.shell",
 ]
+# pants ignores files in .gitignore, .*/ directories, /dist/ directory, and __pycache__.
+pants_ignore.add = [
+  # TODO: remove these once we start building wheels with pants.
+  "dist_utils.py",
+  "setup.py",
+  # keep tailor from using legacy requirements files (not for pants)
+  "contrib/examples/requirements.txt",
+  "contrib/hello_st2/requirements.txt",
+  "contrib/runners/*/in-requirements.txt",
+  "contrib/runners/*/requirements.txt",
+  "st2*/in-requirements.txt",
+  "st2*/requirements.txt",
+  "st2common/tests/fixtures/requirements-used-for-tests.txt",
+  "/fixed-requirements.txt",
+  "/test-requirements.txt",
+  # keep requirements.txt for now. We might ignore it if we need an alternate interrim
+  # file that is decoupled from our legacy requirements files generation.
+  # "/requirements.txt",
+]
 
 [source]
 # recording each pack individually under root patterns is not great, but resolves these issues: