diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/package_json/find_used_dependencies.ts b/src/dev/build/tasks/package_json/find_used_dependencies.ts
index 004e17b87ac8b..8cb8b3c986de7 100644
--- a/src/dev/build/tasks/package_json/find_used_dependencies.ts
+++ b/src/dev/build/tasks/package_json/find_used_dependencies.ts
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ export async function findUsedDependencies(listedPkgDependencies: any, baseDir:
   ];
 
   const discoveredPluginEntries = await globby([
-    normalize(Path.resolve(baseDir, `src/plugins/*/server/index.js`)),
+    normalize(Path.resolve(baseDir, `src/plugins/**/server/index.js`)),
     `!${normalize(Path.resolve(baseDir, `/src/plugins/**/public`))}`,
-    normalize(Path.resolve(baseDir, `x-pack/plugins/*/server/index.js`)),
+    normalize(Path.resolve(baseDir, `x-pack/plugins/**/server/index.js`)),
     `!${normalize(Path.resolve(baseDir, `/x-pack/plugins/**/public`))}`,
   ]);