diff --git a/rewrite-xml/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/xml/XmlParser.java b/rewrite-xml/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/xml/XmlParser.java
index 70a3d476db7..fd107e5c7f9 100755
--- a/rewrite-xml/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/xml/XmlParser.java
+++ b/rewrite-xml/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/xml/XmlParser.java
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public boolean accept(Path path) {
                p.endsWith(".pst") ||
                // C# project files
                p.endsWith(".csproj") ||
-               p.equals("packages.config");
+               path.endsWith("packages.config");
     }
 
     @Override