diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/globUtils.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/globUtils.test.ts
index c35e164920ba..e65837b4f565 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/globUtils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/globUtils.test.ts
@@ -113,4 +113,21 @@ describe('createAbsoluteFilePathMatcher', () => {
       `"createAbsoluteFilePathMatcher unexpected error, absoluteFilePath=/bad/path/myDoc.md was not contained in any of the root folders: /_root/docs, /root/_docs/, /__test__/website/src"`,
     );
   });
+
+  it('matches paths with overlapping paths', () => {
+    const overlapMatcher = createAbsoluteFilePathMatcher(GlobExcludeDefault, [
+      '/root/docs',
+      '/root/versioned_docs/version-2.0.0',
+      '/root/versioned_docs/version-2.0.0-rc.1',
+    ]);
+    expect(
+      overlapMatcher('/root/versioned_docs/version-2.0.0-rc.1/_partial.mdx'),
+    ).toBe(true);
+    expect(
+      overlapMatcher('/root/versioned_docs/version-2.0.0/_partial.mdx'),
+    ).toBe(true);
+    expect(
+      overlapMatcher('/root/versioned_docs/version-2.0.0/no-partial.mdx'),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/globUtils.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/globUtils.ts
index d95fa35b54be..b0520a2d89e7 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/globUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/globUtils.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 import path from 'path';
 import Micromatch from 'micromatch'; // Note: Micromatch is used by Globby
+import {addTrailingSlash} from './urlUtils';
 
 /** A re-export of the globby instance. */
 export {default as Globby} from 'globby';
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ export function createAbsoluteFilePathMatcher(
 
   function getRelativeFilePath(absoluteFilePath: string) {
     const rootFolder = rootFolders.find((folderPath) =>
-      absoluteFilePath.startsWith(folderPath),
+      absoluteFilePath.startsWith(addTrailingSlash(folderPath)),
     );
     if (!rootFolder) {
       throw new Error(