diff --git a/lib/config/definitions.js b/lib/config/definitions.js
index d0a7b4e221794eb3950b989b6f9331591226f7a2..3be284f9a02d5c27400489da7fbc42b14809e642 100644
--- a/lib/config/definitions.js
+++ b/lib/config/definitions.js
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ const options = [
     stage: 'package',
     type: 'json',
     default: {
-      fileMatch: ['^.circleci/config.yml$'],
+      fileMatch: ['(^|/).circleci/config.yml$'],
     },
     mergeable: true,
     cli: false,