diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/specifications.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/specifications.ts
index c8b1f9540360..588ad3c73217 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/specifications.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/specifications.ts
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ export class VitestSpecifications {
     }
 
     const forceRerunTriggers = this.vitest.config.forceRerunTriggers
-    const matcher = forceRerunTriggers.length ? pm(forceRerunTriggers) : undefined
+    const matcher = forceRerunTriggers.length ? pm(forceRerunTriggers, { dot: true }) : undefined
     if (matcher && related.some(file => matcher(file))) {
       return specs
     }
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/watcher.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/watcher.ts
index 7aa99c376b28..41c2dd82dd92 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/watcher.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/watcher.ts
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ export class VitestWatcher {
       return false
     }
 
-    if (pm.isMatch(filepath, this.vitest.config.forceRerunTriggers)) {
+    if (pm.isMatch(filepath, this.vitest.config.forceRerunTriggers, { dot: true })) {
       this.vitest.state.getFilepaths().forEach(file => this.changedTests.add(file))
       return true
     }
diff --git a/test/e2e/test/git-changed.test.ts b/test/e2e/test/git-changed.test.ts
index b3ef510df88e..4db29ecf2e13 100644
--- a/test/e2e/test/git-changed.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/test/git-changed.test.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,21 @@ describe.skipIf(process.env.ECOSYSTEM_CI)('forceRerunTrigger', () => {
     expect(stdout).not.toContain('not-related.test.ts')
   })
 
+  it('should run the whole test suite if file exists in dot-directory trigger', async () => {
+    const dotFileName = 'fixtures/git-changed/related/.temp/rerun.temp'
+    createFile(dotFileName, '')
+    const { stdout, stderr } = await runVitest({
+      root: join(process.cwd(), 'fixtures/git-changed/related'),
+      include: ['related.test.ts'],
+      forceRerunTriggers: ['**/.temp/**'],
+      changed: true,
+    })
+    expect(stderr).toBe('')
+    expect(stdout).toContain('1 passed')
+    expect(stdout).toContain('related.test.ts')
+    expect(stdout).not.toContain('not-related.test.ts')
+  })
+
   it('should run no tests if file does not exist', async () => {
     const { stdout } = await run()
     expect(stdout).toContain('No test files found, exiting with code 0')