diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev_pr/labeler.yml b/.github/workflows/dev_pr/labeler.yml
index 34a37948785b..308abd1688a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev_pr/labeler.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev_pr/labeler.yml
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
 
 development-process:
 - changed-files:
-  - any-glob-to-any-file: ['dev/**.*', '.github/**.*', 'ci/**.*', '.asf.yaml']
+  - any-glob-to-any-file: ['dev/**/*', '.github/**/*', 'ci/**/*', '.asf.yaml']
 
 documentation:
 - changed-files:
-  - any-glob-to-any-file: ['docs/**.*', 'README.md', './**/README.md', 'DEVELOPERS.md', 'datafusion/docs/**.*']
+  - any-glob-to-any-file: ['docs/**/*', 'README.md', './**/README.md', 'DEVELOPERS.md', 'datafusion/docs/**/*']
 
 sql:
 - changed-files: