diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-locale-sync.yml b/.github/workflows/docs-locale-sync.yml
index fff2ec4292..a4a337d97e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-locale-sync.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-locale-sync.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Compute changed English docs
         id: changes
         run: |
-          FILES=$(git diff --name-only "${{ github.event.before }}" "${{ github.sha }}" -- 'packages/web/src/content/docs/*.mdx' || true)
+          FILES=$(git diff --name-only "${{ github.event.before }}" "${{ github.sha }}" -- ':(glob)packages/web/src/content/docs/*.mdx' || true)
           if [ -z "$FILES" ]; then
             echo "has_changes=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
             echo "No English docs changed in push range"