diff --git a/lib/build/tasks.js b/lib/build/tasks.js
index 7d497738d2..53421167d2 100644
--- a/lib/build/tasks.js
+++ b/lib/build/tasks.js
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ function generateCss (sassPath, cssPath, options = {}) {
 function watchSass (sassPath, generateSassPath, cssPath, options) {
   if (!fse.existsSync(sassPath)) return
   chokidar.watch(sassPath, {
-    ignoreInitial: true
+    ignoreInitial: true,
+    disableGlobbing: true // Prevents square brackets from being mistaken for globbing characters
   }).on('all', () => {
     generateCss(generateSassPath, cssPath, options)
   })
diff --git a/lib/extensions/extensions.js b/lib/extensions/extensions.js
index 2aebb36126..bc2cad069f 100644
--- a/lib/extensions/extensions.js
+++ b/lib/extensions/extensions.js
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ let previousPlugins = getCurrentPlugins()
 function watchPlugins (afterWatch) {
   chokidar.watch(pkgPath, {
     ignoreInitial: true,
+    disableGlobbing: true, // Prevents square brackets from being mistaken for globbing characters
     awaitWriteFinish: true
   }).on('change', () => {
     const currentPlugins = getCurrentPlugins()