diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/package.json b/packages/docusaurus-utils/package.json
index efcdce2b34..ea8ed7d4c4 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
     "file-loader": "^6.2.0",
     "fs-extra": "^11.1.1",
     "github-slugger": "^1.5.0",
-    "globby": "^11.1.0",
     "gray-matter": "^4.0.3",
     "jiti": "^1.20.0",
     "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
@@ -35,6 +34,7 @@
     "p-queue": "^6.6.2",
     "prompts": "^2.4.2",
     "resolve-pathname": "^3.0.0",
+    "tinyglobby": "^0.2.14",
     "tslib": "^2.6.0",
     "url-loader": "^4.1.1",
     "utility-types": "^3.10.0",
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/globUtils.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/globUtils.ts
index ba6b558975..305b3ff383 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/globUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/globUtils.ts
@@ -10,11 +10,15 @@
 import path from 'path';
 import Micromatch from 'micromatch'; // Note: Micromatch is used by Globby
 import {addSuffix} from '@docusaurus/utils-common';
-import Globby from 'globby';
+import * as Tinyglobby from 'tinyglobby';
 import {posixPath} from './pathUtils';
 
+type GlobOptions = Tinyglobby.GlobOptions;
+
+// TODO Docusaurus v4 refactor, hide lib behind home-made abstraction
+// See https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/pull/11042
 /** A re-export of the globby instance. */
-export {Globby};
+export const Globby = Tinyglobby.glob;
 
 /**
  * The default glob patterns we ignore when sourcing content.
@@ -93,7 +97,7 @@ export function createAbsoluteFilePathMatcher(
 // See https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/pull/4222#issuecomment-795517329
 export async function safeGlobby(
   patterns: string[],
-  options?: Globby.GlobbyOptions,
+  options?: GlobOptions,
 ): Promise<string[]> {
   // Required for Windows support, as paths using \ should not be used by globby
   // (also using the windows hard drive prefix like c: is not a good idea)
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/writeHeadingIds.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/writeHeadingIds.ts
index 3963270dc5..7cbda95206 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/writeHeadingIds.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/writeHeadingIds.ts
@@ -47,12 +47,11 @@ export async function writeHeadingIds(
 ): Promise<void> {
   const siteDir = await fs.realpath(siteDirParam);
 
-  const markdownFiles = await safeGlobby(
-    files ?? (await getPathsToWatch(siteDir)),
-    {
-      expandDirectories: ['**/*.{md,mdx}'],
-    },
-  );
+  const markdownFiles = (
+    await safeGlobby(files ?? (await getPathsToWatch(siteDir)), {
+      expandDirectories: true,
+    })
+  ).filter((file) => file.endsWith('.md') || file.endsWith('.mdx'));
 
   const result = await Promise.all(
     markdownFiles.map((p) => transformMarkdownFile(p, options)),
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index b1d51b9392..411d44c022 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8869,10 +8869,10 @@ fb-watchman@^2.0.0:
   dependencies:
     bser "2.1.1"
 
-fdir@^6.4.3:
-  version "6.4.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fdir/-/fdir-6.4.3.tgz#011cdacf837eca9b811c89dbb902df714273db72"
-  integrity sha512-PMXmW2y1hDDfTSRc9gaXIuCCRpuoz3Kaz8cUelp3smouvfT632ozg2vrT6lJsHKKOF59YLbOGfAWGUcKEfRMQw==
+fdir@^6.4.4:
+  version "6.4.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fdir/-/fdir-6.4.4.tgz#1cfcf86f875a883e19a8fab53622cfe992e8d2f9"
+  integrity sha512-1NZP+GK4GfuAv3PqKvxQRDMjdSRZjnkq7KfhlNrCNNlZ0ygQFpebfrnfnq/W7fpUnAv9aGWmY1zKx7FYL3gwhg==
 
 feed@^4.2.2:
   version "4.2.2"
@@ -17534,12 +17534,12 @@ tinyexec@^0.3.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tinyexec/-/tinyexec-0.3.2.tgz#941794e657a85e496577995c6eef66f53f42b3d2"
   integrity sha512-KQQR9yN7R5+OSwaK0XQoj22pwHoTlgYqmUscPYoknOoWCWfj/5/ABTMRi69FrKU5ffPVh5QcFikpWJI/P1ocHA==
 
-tinyglobby@^0.2.12:
-  version "0.2.12"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tinyglobby/-/tinyglobby-0.2.12.tgz#ac941a42e0c5773bd0b5d08f32de82e74a1a61b5"
-  integrity sha512-qkf4trmKSIiMTs/E63cxH+ojC2unam7rJ0WrauAzpT3ECNTxGRMlaXxVbfxMUC/w0LaYk6jQ4y/nGR9uBO3tww==
+tinyglobby@^0.2.12, tinyglobby@^0.2.14:
+  version "0.2.14"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tinyglobby/-/tinyglobby-0.2.14.tgz#5280b0cf3f972b050e74ae88406c0a6a58f4079d"
+  integrity sha512-tX5e7OM1HnYr2+a2C/4V0htOcSQcoSTH9KgJnVvNm5zm/cyEWKJ7j7YutsH9CxMdtOkkLFy2AHrMci9IM8IPZQ==
   dependencies:
-    fdir "^6.4.3"
+    fdir "^6.4.4"
     picomatch "^4.0.2"
 
 tinypool@^1.0.2: