diff --git a/lib/code_ownership/private/owner_assigner.rb b/lib/code_ownership/private/owner_assigner.rb
index d6d9807..e6e1665 100644
--- a/lib/code_ownership/private/owner_assigner.rb
+++ b/lib/code_ownership/private/owner_assigner.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ class OwnerAssigner
       sig { params(globs_to_owning_team_map: GlobsToOwningTeamMap).returns(GlobsToOwningTeamMap) }
       def self.assign_owners(globs_to_owning_team_map)
         globs_to_owning_team_map.each_with_object({}) do |(glob, owner), mapping|
+          # addresses the case where a directory name includes regex characters
+          # such as `app/services/[test]/some_other_file.ts`
           mapping[glob] = owner if File.exist?(glob)
           Dir.glob(glob).each do |file|
             mapping[file] ||= owner
diff --git a/spec/lib/code_ownership/private/owner_assigner_spec.rb b/spec/lib/code_ownership/private/owner_assigner_spec.rb
index 52a47f2..657a673 100644
--- a/spec/lib/code_ownership/private/owner_assigner_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/code_ownership/private/owner_assigner_spec.rb
@@ -46,6 +46,26 @@ module CodeOwnership
           )
         end
       end
+
+      context 'when * is used in glob pattern' do
+        before do
+          write_file('app/models/some_file.rb', <<~YML)
+          // @team Bar
+          YML
+
+          write_file('app/models/nested/some_file.rb', <<~YML)
+          // @team Bar
+          YML
+        end
+
+        it 'also matches the glob pattern' do
+          expect(assign_owners).to eq(
+            'app/services/[test]/some_other_file.ts' => team_1,
+            'app/services/withoutbracket/file.ts' => team_2,
+            'app/models/some_file.rb' => team_2
+          )
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 end