diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3505978..f749650 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -68,12 +68,17 @@
       "optional": true
     }
   },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "globby": "^11.1.0",
+    "is-glob": "^4.0.3"
+  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@changesets/changelog-github": "^0.5.0",
     "@changesets/cli": "^2.24.2",
     "@ota-meshi/eslint-plugin": "^0.15.0",
     "@types/chai": "^4.3.0",
     "@types/eslint": "^8.0.0",
+    "@types/is-glob": "^4.0.4",
     "@types/mocha": "^10.0.0",
     "@types/node": "^20.0.0",
     "@types/semver": "^7.3.9",
@@ -96,7 +101,6 @@
     "eslint-plugin-svelte": "^2.11.0",
     "eslint-plugin-vue": "^9.6.0",
     "eslint-plugin-yml": "^1.2.0",
-    "glob": "^10.3.10",
     "mocha": "^10.0.0",
     "mocha-chai-jest-snapshot": "^1.1.3",
     "nyc": "^15.1.0",
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 683396b..bdcb6e4 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import type { ProgramOptions } from "./ts";
 import { TSServiceManager } from "./ts";
 import * as tsEslintParser from "@typescript-eslint/parser";
 import { getProjectConfigFiles } from "./utils/get-project-config-files";
+import { resolveProjectList } from "./utils/resolve-project-list";
 export * as meta from "./meta";
 export { name } from "./meta";
 
@@ -44,7 +45,20 @@ function* iterateOptions(options: ParserOptions): Iterable<ProgramOptions> {
       "Specify `parserOptions.project`. Otherwise there is no point in using this parser.",
     );
   }
-  for (const project of getProjectConfigFiles(options)) {
+  const tsconfigRootDir =
+    typeof options.tsconfigRootDir === "string"
+      ? options.tsconfigRootDir
+      : process.cwd();
+
+  for (const project of resolveProjectList({
+    project: getProjectConfigFiles({
+      project: options.project,
+      tsconfigRootDir,
+      filePath: options.filePath,
+    }),
+    projectFolderIgnoreList: options.projectFolderIgnoreList,
+    tsconfigRootDir,
+  })) {
     yield {
       project,
       filePath: options.filePath,
diff --git a/src/utils/get-project-config-files.ts b/src/utils/get-project-config-files.ts
index 28b08bc..e4e87d7 100644
--- a/src/utils/get-project-config-files.ts
+++ b/src/utils/get-project-config-files.ts
@@ -1,26 +1,17 @@
-import type { ParserOptions } from "@typescript-eslint/parser";
 import fs from "fs";
-import { glob } from "glob";
 import path from "path";
 
-function syncWithGlob(pattern: string, cwd: string): string[] {
-  return glob
-    .sync(pattern, { cwd })
-    .map((filePath) => path.resolve(cwd, filePath));
-}
-
-export function getProjectConfigFiles(options: ParserOptions): string[] {
-  const tsconfigRootDir =
-    typeof options.tsconfigRootDir === "string"
-      ? options.tsconfigRootDir
-      : process.cwd();
-
+export function getProjectConfigFiles(
+  options: Readonly<{
+    project: string[] | string | true | null | undefined;
+    tsconfigRootDir: string;
+    filePath?: string;
+  }>,
+): string[] {
   if (options.project !== true) {
     return Array.isArray(options.project)
-      ? options.project.flatMap((projectPattern: string) =>
-          syncWithGlob(projectPattern, tsconfigRootDir),
-        )
-      : syncWithGlob(options.project!, tsconfigRootDir);
+      ? options.project
+      : [options.project!];
   }
 
   let directory = path.dirname(options.filePath!);
@@ -34,9 +25,12 @@ export function getProjectConfigFiles(options: ParserOptions): string[] {
 
     directory = path.dirname(directory);
     checkedDirectories.push(directory);
-  } while (directory.length > 1 && directory.length >= tsconfigRootDir.length);
+  } while (
+    directory.length > 1 &&
+    directory.length >= options.tsconfigRootDir.length
+  );
 
   throw new Error(
-    `project was set to \`true\` but couldn't find any tsconfig.json relative to '${options.filePath}' within '${tsconfigRootDir}'.`,
+    `project was set to \`true\` but couldn't find any tsconfig.json relative to '${options.filePath}' within '${options.tsconfigRootDir}'.`,
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/resolve-project-list.ts b/src/utils/resolve-project-list.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..988a6f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/resolve-project-list.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+import { sync as globSync } from "globby";
+import isGlob from "is-glob";
+import path from "path";
+import * as ts from "typescript";
+
+/**
+ * Normalizes, sanitizes, resolves and filters the provided project paths
+ */
+export function resolveProjectList(
+  options: Readonly<{
+    project: string[] | null;
+    projectFolderIgnoreList: (RegExp | string)[] | undefined;
+    tsconfigRootDir: string;
+  }>,
+): readonly string[] {
+  const sanitizedProjects: string[] = [];
+
+  // Normalize and sanitize the project paths
+  if (options.project != null) {
+    for (const project of options.project) {
+      if (typeof project === "string") {
+        sanitizedProjects.push(project);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (sanitizedProjects.length === 0) {
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  const projectFolderIgnoreList = (
+    options.projectFolderIgnoreList ?? ["**/node_modules/**"]
+  )
+    .reduce<string[]>((acc, folder) => {
+      if (typeof folder === "string") {
+        acc.push(folder);
+      }
+      return acc;
+    }, [])
+    // prefix with a ! for not match glob
+    .map((folder) => (folder.startsWith("!") ? folder : `!${folder}`));
+
+  // Transform glob patterns into paths
+  const nonGlobProjects = sanitizedProjects.filter(
+    (project) => !isGlob(project),
+  );
+  const globProjects = sanitizedProjects.filter((project) => isGlob(project));
+
+  const uniqueCanonicalProjectPaths = new Set(
+    nonGlobProjects
+      .concat(
+        globProjects.length === 0
+          ? []
+          : globSync([...globProjects, ...projectFolderIgnoreList], {
+              cwd: options.tsconfigRootDir,
+            }),
+      )
+      .map((project) =>
+        getCanonicalFileName(
+          ensureAbsolutePath(project, options.tsconfigRootDir),
+        ),
+      ),
+  );
+
+  return Array.from(uniqueCanonicalProjectPaths);
+}
+
+// typescript doesn't provide a ts.sys implementation for browser environments
+const useCaseSensitiveFileNames =
+  ts.sys !== undefined ? ts.sys.useCaseSensitiveFileNames : true;
+const correctPathCasing = useCaseSensitiveFileNames
+  ? (filePath: string): string => filePath
+  : (filePath: string): string => filePath.toLowerCase();
+
+function getCanonicalFileName(filePath: string): string {
+  let normalized = path.normalize(filePath);
+  if (normalized.endsWith(path.sep)) {
+    normalized = normalized.slice(0, -1);
+  }
+  return correctPathCasing(normalized);
+}
+
+function ensureAbsolutePath(p: string, tsconfigRootDir: string): string {
+  return path.isAbsolute(p)
+    ? p
+    : path.join(tsconfigRootDir || process.cwd(), p);
+}