diff --git a/lib/archive.js b/lib/archive.js
index 4d2e7647e..fc36e93bd 100644
--- a/lib/archive.js
+++ b/lib/archive.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const addModulesToArchive = async (archive, withoutAssets) => {
   return Promise.all(modules.map(module => addModuleToArchive(module, archive, withoutAssets)));
 };
 
-const addModuleToArchive = async (module, archive, withoutAssets, pattern = '**/{private,public}/**') => {
+const addModuleToArchive = async (module, archive, withoutAssets, pattern = '{public,private}/**') => {
   const files = await glob(pattern, {
     cwd: path.join(dir.MODULES, module),
     onlyFiles: true
diff --git a/test/fixtures/deploy/correct/modules/testModule/generators/crud.js b/test/fixtures/deploy/correct/modules/testModule/generators/crud.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ba52ba2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/deploy/correct/modules/testModule/generators/crud.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module.exports = {}
diff --git a/test/unit/archive.test.js b/test/unit/archive.test.js
index 87e5ca89c..eee5ae4a2 100644
--- a/test/unit/archive.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/archive.test.js
@@ -172,6 +172,21 @@ describe('Archive utilities', () => {
       const entries = await listZipEntries(zipPath);
       expect(entries.some(e => e.includes('/assets/'))).toBe(false);
     });
+
+    test('only includes module files under public/ or private/, not sibling directories', async () => {
+      // fixture has testModule/generators/crud.js and testModule/react-app/node_modules/.../page.png
+      // alongside testModule/public/ — neither should appear in the archive
+      process.chdir(path.join(fixturesPath, 'correct'));
+      const { makeArchive } = await import('#lib/archive.js');
+      const zipPath = path.join(tmpDir, 'release.zip');
+
+      await makeArchive({ TARGET: zipPath }, { withoutAssets: false });
+
+      const entries = await listZipEntries(zipPath);
+      expect(entries.some(e => e.includes('generators'))).toBe(false);
+      expect(entries.some(e => e.includes('node_modules'))).toBe(false);
+      expect(entries.some(e => e.includes('hello-test-module.liquid'))).toBe(true);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('packAssets', () => {