diff --git a/internal/config/triggers.go b/internal/config/triggers.go
index 31d762eb..a56f0c77 100644
--- a/internal/config/triggers.go
+++ b/internal/config/triggers.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package config
 
 import (
-	"path/filepath"
+	"path"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -81,18 +81,18 @@ func MatchAnyTrigger(patterns []string, changedFiles []string) bool {
 // level by MatchTrigger. Supports "*" (single segment), "**" (any number of
 // segments) and "?" (single character), matching the grammar used by the
 // emitted GitHub Actions paths filter.
-func MatchGlobPattern(pattern, path string) bool {
-	return matchGlobPattern(stripNegation(pattern), path)
+func MatchGlobPattern(pattern, filePath string) bool {
+	return matchGlobPattern(stripNegation(pattern), filePath)
 }
 
 // matchGlobPattern matches a file path against a single (already
 // negation-stripped) glob pattern.
-func matchGlobPattern(pattern, path string) bool {
+func matchGlobPattern(pattern, filePath string) bool {
 	if strings.Contains(pattern, "**") {
-		return matchDoublestarPattern(pattern, path)
+		return matchDoublestarPattern(pattern, filePath)
 	}
 
-	matched, _ := filepath.Match(pattern, path)
+	matched, _ := path.Match(pattern, filePath)
 	return matched
 }
 
@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@ func matchDoublestarPattern(pattern, path string) bool {
 	return matchGlobParts(patternParts, pathParts)
 }
 
-func matchGlobParts(pattern, path []string) bool {
+func matchGlobParts(pattern, pathParts []string) bool {
 	pi, ppi := 0, 0
 
-	for pi < len(pattern) && ppi < len(path) {
+	for pi < len(pattern) && ppi < len(pathParts) {
 		if pattern[pi] == "**" {
 			if pi == len(pattern)-1 {
 				// "**" at the end matches everything remaining.
@@ -114,15 +114,15 @@ func matchGlobParts(pattern, path []string) bool {
 			}
 
 			// Try matching the remaining pattern at each subsequent position.
-			for i := ppi; i <= len(path); i++ {
-				if matchGlobParts(pattern[pi+1:], path[i:]) {
+			for i := ppi; i <= len(pathParts); i++ {
+				if matchGlobParts(pattern[pi+1:], pathParts[i:]) {
 					return true
 				}
 			}
 			return false
 		}
 
-		matched, _ := filepath.Match(pattern[pi], path[ppi])
+		matched, _ := path.Match(pattern[pi], pathParts[ppi])
 		if !matched {
 			return false
 		}
@@ -139,5 +139,5 @@ func matchGlobParts(pattern, path []string) bool {
 		pi++
 	}
 
-	return ppi == len(path)
+	return ppi == len(pathParts)
 }
diff --git a/internal/config/triggers_test.go b/internal/config/triggers_test.go
index 16f0f8bc..e827161d 100644
--- a/internal/config/triggers_test.go
+++ b/internal/config/triggers_test.go
@@ -93,6 +93,38 @@ func TestIsNegationPattern(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestMatchGlobPattern_SlashBoundary locks in the slash-native matching
+// semantics that path.Match provides: a single "*" matches within one path
+// segment and never crosses a "/", matching the GitHub Actions paths filter
+// grammar this evaluator is meant to mirror. These cases pass on Linux/macOS
+// under either path.Match or filepath.Match (the separator is "/" on both),
+// so they are guard/documentation tests that would catch a future regression
+// to a matcher whose separator is platform-dependent; the Windows behavioral
+// delta (filepath.Match treating "/" as an ordinary character) cannot be
+// exercised on Linux CI.
+func TestMatchGlobPattern_SlashBoundary(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		pattern string
+		file    string
+		want    bool
+	}{
+		{"single star does not cross slash", "a/*/b", "a/x/y/b", false},
+		{"single star matches one segment", "a/*/b", "a/x/b", true},
+		{"dir star does not descend", "dir/*", "dir/sub/file", false},
+		{"dir star matches direct child", "dir/*", "dir/file", true},
+		{"doublestar still matches nested files", "**/*.go", "a/b/c.go", true},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := MatchGlobPattern(tt.pattern, tt.file); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("MatchGlobPattern(%q, %q) = %v, want %v", tt.pattern, tt.file, got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestMatchGlobPattern_StripsNegation(t *testing.T) {
 	// The bare-glob helper matches whether the glob (negation stripped) matches.
 	if !MatchGlobPattern("!**/*.md", "docs/README.md") {