diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 66d81406ce..dff4c195f6 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -360,11 +360,11 @@ branches:
 skip_commits:
   files:
     - '.azure-pipelines.yml'
-    - '.circleci/**'
+    - '.circleci/**/*'
     - '.cirrus.yml'
-    - '.github/**'
-    - 'packages/**'
-    - 'plan9/**'
+    - '.github/**/*'
+    - 'packages/**/*'
+    - 'plan9/**/*'
 
 artifacts:
   - path: '**/curl.exe'