diff --git a/lib/bolt/inventory/inventory.rb b/lib/bolt/inventory/inventory.rb
index 82a688bc7b..54d67b387c 100644
--- a/lib/bolt/inventory/inventory.rb
+++ b/lib/bolt/inventory/inventory.rb
@@ -119,8 +119,7 @@ def match_wildcard?(wildcard, target_name, ext_glob: false)
         if ext_glob
           File.fnmatch(wildcard, target_name, File::FNM_CASEFOLD | File::FNM_EXTGLOB)
         else
-          regexp = Regexp.new("^#{Regexp.escape(wildcard).gsub('\*', '.*?')}$", Regexp::IGNORECASE)
-          target_name =~ regexp
+          File.fnmatch(wildcard, target_name, File::FNM_CASEFOLD)
         end
       end