diff --git a/test/src/Cases.zig b/test/src/Cases.zig
index e9ce39718a8340b17e2c4b07afd7499f0861da74..5dbff266e78f9b3f585bdbd87b99ac8e2f27f09f 100644
--- a/test/src/Cases.zig
+++ b/test/src/Cases.zig
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ fn addFromDirInner(
                 try filenames.append(ctx.arena, try ctx.arena.dupe(u8, entry.path));
             },
             .directory => {
-                b.dependOnDirectory(b.path(b.pathJoin(&.{ path_from_root, entry.path })));
+                b.dependOnDirectoryContents(b.path(b.pathJoin(&.{ path_from_root, entry.path })));
             },
             else => continue,
         }
diff --git a/test/tests.zig b/test/tests.zig
index 7ecc7d93e22f5ba209ce8961c21c32a4f8112893..ea69224527641fe6c5e0237097c6a79e57892c4a 100644
--- a/test/tests.zig
+++ b/test/tests.zig
@@ -3336,7 +3336,7 @@ pub fn addCases(
 
     var cases = @import("src/Cases.zig").init(gpa, arena, io);
 
-    b.dependOnDirectory(b.path("test/cases"));
+    b.dependOnDirectoryContents(b.path("test/cases"));
 
     var dir = try b.root.openDir(io, "test/cases", .{ .iterate = true });
     defer dir.close(io);
@@ -3398,7 +3398,7 @@ pub fn addIncrementalTests(
         }),
     });
 
-    b.dependOnDirectory(b.path("test/incremental"));
+    b.dependOnDirectoryContents(b.path("test/incremental"));
 
     var dir = try b.root.openDir(io, "test/incremental", .{ .iterate = true });
     defer dir.close(io);
@@ -3414,7 +3414,7 @@ pub fn addIncrementalTests(
         switch (entry.kind) {
             .file => {},
             .directory => {
-                b.dependOnDirectory(b.path(b.pathJoin(&.{ "test", "incremental", entry.path })));
+                b.dependOnDirectoryContents(b.path(b.pathJoin(&.{ "test", "incremental", entry.path })));
             },
             else => continue,
         }