diff --git a/__tests__/cache.test.ts b/__tests__/cache.test.ts
index 5214c74f..2b42a521 100644
--- a/__tests__/cache.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/cache.test.ts
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ describe('dependency cache', () => {
         await expect(restore('sbt')).rejects.toThrowError(
           `No file in ${projectRoot(
             workspace
-          )} matched to [*.sbt,project/build.properties,project/**.{scala,sbt}], make sure you have checked out the target repository`
+          )} matched to [**/*.sbt,**/project/build.properties,**/project/**.{scala,sbt}], make sure you have checked out the target repository`
         );
       });
       it('downloads cache', async () => {
diff --git a/dist/cleanup/index.js b/dist/cleanup/index.js
index 03eaedbf..f8b254f6 100644
--- a/dist/cleanup/index.js
+++ b/dist/cleanup/index.js
@@ -61894,7 +61894,7 @@ const supportedPackageManager = [
             path_1.join(os_1.default.homedir(), '.sbt'),
             getCoursierCachePath()
         ],
-        pattern: ['*.sbt', 'project/build.properties', 'project/**.{scala,sbt}']
+        pattern: ['**/*.sbt', '**/project/build.properties', '**/project/**.{scala,sbt}']
     }
 ];
 function getCoursierCachePath() {
diff --git a/dist/setup/index.js b/dist/setup/index.js
index 2e6e4c65..2dc4092f 100644
--- a/dist/setup/index.js
+++ b/dist/setup/index.js
@@ -18631,7 +18631,7 @@ const supportedPackageManager = [
             path_1.join(os_1.default.homedir(), '.sbt'),
             getCoursierCachePath()
         ],
-        pattern: ['*.sbt', 'project/build.properties', 'project/**.{scala,sbt}']
+        pattern: ['**/*.sbt', '**/project/build.properties', '**/project/**.{scala,sbt}']
     }
 ];
 function getCoursierCachePath() {
diff --git a/src/cache.ts b/src/cache.ts
index e51d2b4e..2d5fe11d 100644
--- a/src/cache.ts
+++ b/src/cache.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ const supportedPackageManager: PackageManager[] = [
       join(os.homedir(), '.sbt'),
       getCoursierCachePath()
     ],
-    pattern: ['*.sbt', 'project/build.properties', 'project/**.{scala,sbt}']
+    pattern: ['**/*.sbt', '**/project/build.properties', '**/project/**.{scala,sbt}']
   }
 ];