diff --git a/__tests__/main.test.ts b/__tests__/main.test.ts
index 3b88146..8f67a4a 100644
--- a/__tests__/main.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/main.test.ts
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ describe('run function', () => {
 
     const gitMock: jest.Mocked<SimpleGit> = {
       status: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({
-        files: [{ path: './**/README.md' }]
+        files: [{ path: './README.md' }]
       }),
       addConfig: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
       add: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ describe('run function', () => {
       'user.email',
       'user@email.com'
     )
-    expect(gitMock.add).toHaveBeenCalledWith(['./**/README.md'])
+    expect(gitMock.add).toHaveBeenCalledWith(['./README.md'])
     expect(gitMock.commit).toHaveBeenCalledWith('message')
     expect(gitMock.push).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
     expect(setOutputMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith('helm-docs', '/mocked/path')
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index eb813bf..3e97e2a 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -34890,7 +34890,7 @@ async function run() {
                 case gitPush === 'true':
                     await git.addConfig('user.name', gitPushUserName);
                     await git.addConfig('user.email', gitPushUserEmail);
-                    await git.add([`${chartSearchRoot}/**/${outputFile}`]);
+                    await git.add([`${chartSearchRoot}/${outputFile}`]);
                     await git.commit(gitCommitMessage);
                     await git.push();
                     core.info(`Pushed '${outputFile}' to the branch.`);
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index e04d6ea..eaf8805 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export async function run(): Promise<void> {
         case gitPush === 'true':
           await git.addConfig('user.name', gitPushUserName)
           await git.addConfig('user.email', gitPushUserEmail)
-          await git.add([`${chartSearchRoot}/**/${outputFile}`])
+          await git.add([`${chartSearchRoot}/${outputFile}`])
           await git.commit(gitCommitMessage)
           await git.push()
           core.info(`Pushed '${outputFile}' to the branch.`)