diff --git a/packages/bruno-cli/src/commands/run.js b/packages/bruno-cli/src/commands/run.js
index 13106de96..83911f876 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-cli/src/commands/run.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-cli/src/commands/run.js
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ const getBruFilesRecursively = (dir, testsOnly) => {
 
       for (const file of filesInCurrentDir) {
         const filePath = path.join(currentPath, file);
-        const stats = fs.lstatSync(filePath);
+        const stats = fs.statSync(filePath);
 
         // todo: we might need a ignore config inside bruno.json
         if (
diff --git a/packages/bruno-cli/src/utils/filesystem.js b/packages/bruno-cli/src/utils/filesystem.js
index 4b066ac68..c3438cebc 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-cli/src/utils/filesystem.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-cli/src/utils/filesystem.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const isFile = (filepath) => {
 
 const isDirectory = (dirPath) => {
   try {
-    return fs.existsSync(dirPath) && fs.lstatSync(dirPath).isDirectory();
+    return fs.existsSync(dirPath) && fs.statSync(dirPath).isDirectory();
   } catch (_) {
     return false;
   }