diff --git a/internal/backends/nodejs/grab.go b/internal/backends/nodejs/grab.go
index 4dd28e3f..3d3dc81b 100644
--- a/internal/backends/nodejs/grab.go
+++ b/internal/backends/nodejs/grab.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func findImports(ctx context.Context, dir string) (map[string]bool, error) {
 	foundImportPaths := map[string]bool{}
 
 	js := javascript.GetLanguage()
-	jsPkgs, err := util.GuessWithTreeSitter(ctx, dir, js, importsQuery, jsPathGlobs, []string{})
+	jsPkgs, err := util.GuessWithTreeSitter(ctx, dir, js, importsQuery, jsPathGlobs, nodeIgnorePathSegments)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func findImports(ctx context.Context, dir string) (map[string]bool, error) {
 	}
 
 	ts := typescript.GetLanguage()
-	tsPkgs, err := util.GuessWithTreeSitter(ctx, dir, ts, importsQuery, tsPathGlobs, []string{})
+	tsPkgs, err := util.GuessWithTreeSitter(ctx, dir, ts, importsQuery, tsPathGlobs, nodeIgnorePathSegments)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func findImports(ctx context.Context, dir string) (map[string]bool, error) {
 	}
 
 	tsx := tsx.GetLanguage()
-	tsxPkgs, err := util.GuessWithTreeSitter(ctx, dir, tsx, importsQuery, tsxPathGlobs, []string{})
+	tsxPkgs, err := util.GuessWithTreeSitter(ctx, dir, tsx, importsQuery, tsxPathGlobs, nodeIgnorePathSegments)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/backends/nodejs/nodejs.go b/internal/backends/nodejs/nodejs.go
index c7669def..a836e37e 100644
--- a/internal/backends/nodejs/nodejs.go
+++ b/internal/backends/nodejs/nodejs.go
@@ -372,6 +372,10 @@ var nodejsGuessRegexps = util.Regexps([]string{
 	`(?m)(?:require|import)\s*\(\s*['"]([^'"{}]+)['"]\s*\)`,
 })
 
+var nodeIgnorePathSegments = map[string]bool{
+	"node_modules": true,
+}
+
 var jsPathGlobs = []string{
 	"*.js",
 	"*.jsx",
diff --git a/internal/backends/python/grab.go b/internal/backends/python/grab.go
index e078765e..4125965d 100644
--- a/internal/backends/python/grab.go
+++ b/internal/backends/python/grab.go
@@ -26,12 +26,13 @@ var importsQuery = `
   (comment)? @pragma)
 `
 
-var pyPathGlobs = []string{"*.py"}
+var pyPathSegmentPatterns = []string{"*.py"}
 
-var pyIgnoreGlobs = []string{
-	"**/__pycache__/**",
-	"**/venv/**",
-	"**/.pythonlibs/**",
+var pyIgnorePathSegments = map[string]bool{
+	"__pycache__": true,
+	"venv":        true,
+	".pythonlibs": true,
+	".git":        true,
 }
 
 var internalModules = map[string]bool{
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@ func findImports(ctx context.Context, dir string) (map[string]bool, error) {
 	span, ctx := tracer.StartSpanFromContext(ctx, "python.grab.findImports")
 	defer span.Finish()
 	py := python.GetLanguage()
-	pkgs, err := util.GuessWithTreeSitter(ctx, dir, py, importsQuery, pyPathGlobs, pyIgnoreGlobs)
+	pkgs, err := util.GuessWithTreeSitter(ctx, dir, py, importsQuery, pyPathSegmentPatterns, pyIgnorePathSegments)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/internal/util/tree-sitter.go b/internal/util/tree-sitter.go
index 5341bd24..53b3fd9b 100644
--- a/internal/util/tree-sitter.go
+++ b/internal/util/tree-sitter.go
@@ -23,42 +23,56 @@ type importPragma struct {
 	Package string
 }
 
+const (
+	// Represents filesystem nodes, including directories.
+	MaximumVisits = 5000
+)
+
 // GuessWithTreeSitter guesses the imports of a directory using tree-sitter.
 // For every file in dir that matches a pattern in searchGlobPatterns, but
 // not in ignoreGlobPatterns, it will parse the file using lang and queryImports.
 // When there's a capture tagged as `@import`, it reports the capture as an import.
 // If there's a capture tagged as `@pragma` that's on the same line as an import,
 // it will include the pragma in the results.
-func GuessWithTreeSitter(ctx context.Context, dir string, lang *sitter.Language, queryImports string, searchGlobPatterns, ignoreGlobPatterns []string) ([]string, error) {
+func GuessWithTreeSitter(ctx context.Context, root string, lang *sitter.Language, queryImports string, pathSegmentPatterns []string, ignorePathSegments map[string]bool) ([]string, error) {
 	//nolint:ineffassign,wastedassign,staticcheck
 	span, ctx := tracer.StartSpanFromContext(ctx, "GuessWithTreeSitter")
 	defer span.Finish()
-	dirFS := os.DirFS(dir)
+	dirFS := os.DirFS(root)
 
-	ignoredPaths := map[string]bool{}
-	for _, pattern := range ignoreGlobPatterns {
-		globIgnorePaths, err := fs.Glob(dirFS, pattern)
+	var visited int
+	pathsToSearch := []string{}
+	err := fs.WalkDir(dirFS, ".", func(dir string, d fs.DirEntry, err error) error {
+		dir = path.Join(root, dir)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			return err
 		}
 
-		for _, gPath := range globIgnorePaths {
-			ignoredPaths[gPath] = true
+		visited += 1
+
+		// Avoid locking up UPM on pathological project configurations
+		if visited > MaximumVisits {
+			return fs.SkipAll
 		}
-	}
 
-	pathsToSearch := []string{}
-	for _, pattern := range searchGlobPatterns {
-		globSearchPaths, err := fs.Glob(dirFS, pattern)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+		if ignorePathSegments[d.Name()] {
+			return fs.SkipDir
 		}
 
-		for _, gPath := range globSearchPaths {
-			if !ignoredPaths[gPath] {
-				pathsToSearch = append(pathsToSearch, path.Join(dir, gPath))
+		for _, pattern := range pathSegmentPatterns {
+			var ok bool
+			if ok, err = path.Match(pattern, d.Name()); ok {
+				pathsToSearch = append(pathsToSearch, dir)
+			}
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
 			}
 		}
+
+		return nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	query, err := sitter.NewQuery([]byte(queryImports), lang)
diff --git a/internal/util/tree-sitter_test.go b/internal/util/tree-sitter_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2b135b0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/util/tree-sitter_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+package util
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"os"
+	"path"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/smacker/go-tree-sitter/python"
+)
+
+var importsQuery = `
+(module
+  [(import_statement
+     name: [(dotted_name) @import
+            (aliased_import
+              name: (dotted_name) @import)])
+
+   (import_from_statement
+     module_name: (dotted_name) @import)]
+
+  .
+
+  (comment)? @pragma)
+`
+
+func writeFile(dir, name string, contents []byte) error {
+	err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0o755)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	err = os.WriteFile(path.Join(dir, name), contents, 0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func TestTreeSitter(t *testing.T) {
+	testDir := t.TempDir()
+
+	expected := map[string]bool{
+		"from_root":  true,
+		"from_inner": true,
+	}
+
+	innerDir := path.Join(testDir, "src", "my_module", "inner")
+	venvDir := path.Join(testDir, "venv", "ignored_module")
+
+	var err error
+	err = writeFile(testDir, "root.py", []byte("import from_root"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	err = writeFile(innerDir, "inner.py", []byte("import from_inner"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	err = writeFile(venvDir, "ignored.py", []byte("import from_venv"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	pathSegmentPatterns := []string{"*.py"}
+	ignorePathSegments := map[string]bool{
+		"venv": true,
+	}
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	py := python.GetLanguage()
+	foundMap := map[string]bool{}
+	{
+		var found []string
+		found, err = GuessWithTreeSitter(ctx, testDir, py, importsQuery, pathSegmentPatterns, ignorePathSegments)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Error(err)
+		}
+
+		for _, pkg := range found {
+			foundMap[pkg] = true
+		}
+	}
+
+	for pkg := range foundMap {
+		if expected[pkg] {
+			delete(expected, pkg)
+			delete(foundMap, pkg)
+		} else {
+			t.Error("Missing match: ", pkg)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(expected) > 0 {
+		formatted := []string{}
+		for pkg := range expected {
+			formatted = append(formatted, pkg)
+		}
+		t.Error("Not all expected checks were passed. Missing:", strings.Join(formatted, ", "))
+	}
+
+	if len(foundMap) > 0 {
+		formatted := []string{}
+		for pkg := range foundMap {
+			formatted = append(formatted, pkg)
+		}
+		t.Error("Not all expected checks were passed. Extra:", strings.Join(formatted, ", "))
+	}
+}