diff --git a/.config/requirements.in b/.config/requirements.in
index 7eb5e27e03..a8a24fb654 100644
--- a/.config/requirements.in
+++ b/.config/requirements.in
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ black>=22.8.0 # MIT
 filelock>=3.3.0 # The Unlicense
 jsonschema>=4.10.0 # MIT, version needed for improved errors
 packaging>=21.3 # Apache-2.0,BSD-2-Clause
-pathspec>=0.9.0 # Mozilla Public License 2.0 (MPL 2.0)
+pathspec>=0.10.3 # Mozilla Public License 2.0 (MPL 2.0)
 pyyaml>=5.4.1 # MIT (centos 9 has 5.3.1)
 rich>=12.0.0 # MIT
 ruamel.yaml>=0.17.0,<0.18,!=0.17.29,!=0.17.30 # MIT, next version is planned to have breaking changes
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/file_utils.py b/src/ansiblelint/file_utils.py
index ce64ff5c74..15c92d2983 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/file_utils.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/file_utils.py
@@ -538,7 +538,10 @@ def get_all_files(
 
     def is_excluded(path_to_check: Path) -> bool:
         """Check if a file is exclude by current specs."""
-        return any(spec.match_file(str(path_to_check)) for spec in pathspecs)
+        return any(
+            spec.match_file(pathspec.util.append_dir_sep(path_to_check))
+            for spec in pathspecs
+        )
 
     for path in paths:
         pathspecs = [