diff --git a/packages/nx/src/config/workspaces.ts b/packages/nx/src/config/workspaces.ts
index 829dd7d3b282c..40f4ab823a2d6 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/config/workspaces.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/config/workspaces.ts
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ export function getGlobPatternsFromPlugins(
       continue;
     }
     for (const filePattern of plugin.projectFilePatterns) {
-      patterns.push('**/' + filePattern);
+      patterns.push('*/**/' + filePattern);
     }
   }
 
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ export async function getGlobPatternsFromPluginsAsync(
       continue;
     }
     for (const filePattern of plugin.projectFilePatterns) {
-      patterns.push('**/' + filePattern);
+      patterns.push('*/**/' + filePattern);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/native/utils/glob.rs b/packages/nx/src/native/utils/glob.rs
index 88cb7e12a0af4..1fd47db978bb9 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/native/utils/glob.rs
+++ b/packages/nx/src/native/utils/glob.rs
@@ -41,4 +41,16 @@ mod test {
         assert!(glob_set.is_match("node_modules"));
         assert!(glob_set.is_match("packages/nx/node_modules"));
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn should_not_detect_root_plugin_configs() {
+        let glob_set = build_glob_set(vec![
+            // String::from("!(Cargo.toml)"),
+            String::from("*/**/Cargo.toml"),
+        ])
+        .unwrap();
+        assert!(glob_set.is_match("packages/a/Cargo.toml"));
+        assert!(glob_set.is_match("a/Cargo.toml"));
+        assert!(!glob_set.is_match("Cargo.toml"))
+    }
 }