diff --git a/packages/js/package.json b/packages/js/package.json
index d35a9818a3145..d5e88b0dacff7 100644
--- a/packages/js/package.json
+++ b/packages/js/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
     "columnify": "^1.6.0",
     "detect-port": "^1.5.1",
     "enquirer": "~2.3.6",
-    "fast-glob": "3.2.7",
     "ignore": "^5.0.4",
     "js-tokens": "^4.0.0",
     "jsonc-parser": "3.2.0",
@@ -59,6 +58,7 @@
     "ora": "5.3.0",
     "semver": "^7.5.3",
     "source-map-support": "0.5.19",
+    "tinyglobby": "^0.2.10",
     "ts-node": "10.9.1",
     "tsconfig-paths": "^4.1.2",
     "tslib": "^2.3.0"
diff --git a/packages/js/src/executors/swc/swc.impl.ts b/packages/js/src/executors/swc/swc.impl.ts
index 7062498090107..3f96d743a8168 100644
--- a/packages/js/src/executors/swc/swc.impl.ts
+++ b/packages/js/src/executors/swc/swc.impl.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { ExecutorContext, output, readJsonFile } from '@nx/devkit';
-import { sync as globSync } from 'fast-glob';
+import { globSync } from 'tinyglobby';
 import { rmSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { dirname, join, normalize, relative, resolve } from 'path';
 import { copyAssets } from '../../utils/assets';
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ function createEntryPoints(
   if (!options.additionalEntryPoints?.length) return [];
   return globSync(options.additionalEntryPoints, {
     cwd: context.root,
+    expandDirectories: false,
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/js/src/utils/assets/assets.ts b/packages/js/src/utils/assets/assets.ts
index 2bf9650101dc8..3a634b7a495c2 100644
--- a/packages/js/src/utils/assets/assets.ts
+++ b/packages/js/src/utils/assets/assets.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as fastGlob from 'fast-glob';
+import { globSync } from 'tinyglobby';
 import { basename, join } from 'path';
 
 export type FileInputOutput = {
@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@ export function assetGlobsToFiles(
     ignore: string[] = [],
     dot: boolean = false
   ) => {
-    return fastGlob.sync(pattern, {
+    return globSync(pattern, {
       cwd: input,
       onlyFiles: true,
       dot,
+      expandDirectories: false,
       ignore,
     });
   };
diff --git a/packages/js/src/utils/assets/copy-assets-handler.ts b/packages/js/src/utils/assets/copy-assets-handler.ts
index 1a1545cbf2bc6..96a455000676e 100644
--- a/packages/js/src/utils/assets/copy-assets-handler.ts
+++ b/packages/js/src/utils/assets/copy-assets-handler.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
 import * as pathPosix from 'node:path/posix';
 import * as path from 'node:path';
 import ignore from 'ignore';
-import * as fg from 'fast-glob';
+import { globSync } from 'tinyglobby';
 import { AssetGlob } from './assets';
 import { logger } from '@nx/devkit';
 import { ChangedFile, daemonClient } from 'nx/src/daemon/client/client';
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ export class CopyAssetsHandler {
       this.assetGlobs.map(async (ag) => {
         const pattern = this.normalizeAssetPattern(ag);
 
-        // fast-glob only supports Unix paths
+        // globbing only supports Unix paths
         const files = await fg(pattern.replace(/\\/g, '/'), {
           cwd: this.rootDir,
           dot: true, // enable hidden files
@@ -130,10 +130,11 @@ export class CopyAssetsHandler {
     this.assetGlobs.forEach((ag) => {
       const pattern = this.normalizeAssetPattern(ag);
 
-      // fast-glob only supports Unix paths
-      const files = fg.sync(pattern.replace(/\\/g, '/'), {
+      // globbing only supports Unix paths
+      const files = globSync(pattern.replace(/\\/g, '/'), {
         cwd: this.rootDir,
         dot: true, // enable hidden files
+        expandDirectories: false,
       });
 
       this.callback(this.filesToEvent(files, ag));
diff --git a/packages/js/src/utils/package-json/create-entry-points.ts b/packages/js/src/utils/package-json/create-entry-points.ts
index 6f907aa92760d..a4cd384e04c80 100644
--- a/packages/js/src/utils/package-json/create-entry-points.ts
+++ b/packages/js/src/utils/package-json/create-entry-points.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { sync as globSync } from 'fast-glob';
+import { globSync } from 'tinyglobby';
 import { logger } from '@nx/devkit';
 
 export function createEntryPoints(
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ export function createEntryPoints(
   // Performance impact should be negligible since there shouldn't be that many entry points.
   // Benchmarks show only 1-3% difference in execution time.
   for (const pattern of additionalEntryPoints) {
-    const matched = globSync([pattern], { cwd: root });
+    const matched = globSync([pattern], {
+      cwd: root,
+      expandDirectories: false,
+    });
     if (!matched.length)
       logger.warn(`The pattern ${pattern} did not match any files.`);
     files.push(...matched);