diff --git a/src/compiler/utilities.ts b/src/compiler/utilities.ts
index c6417917a4d..8f07c35c898 100644
--- a/src/compiler/utilities.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/utilities.ts
@@ -9281,7 +9281,7 @@ const filesMatcher: WildcardMatcher = {
      *  [^./]                   # matches everything up to the first . character (excluding directory separators)
      *  (\\.(?!min\\.js$))?     # matches . characters but not if they are part of the .min.js file extension
      */
-    singleAsteriskRegexFragment: "(?:[^./]|(\\.(?!min\\.js$))?)*",
+    singleAsteriskRegexFragment: "(?:[^./]|(?:\\.(?!min\\.js$))?)*",
     /**
      * Regex for the ** wildcard. Matches any number of subdirectories. When used for including
      * files or directories, does not match subdirectories that start with a . character