diff --git a/packages/core/src/__tests__/linter.test.ts b/packages/core/src/__tests__/linter.test.ts
index d1112ec95..f91934219 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/__tests__/linter.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/__tests__/linter.test.ts
@@ -1637,4 +1637,49 @@ responses:: !!foo
       }),
     ]);
   });
+
+  test.concurrent('should handle direct circular file $refs', async () => {
+    const spectral = new Spectral();
+    spectral.setRuleset({
+      rules: {
+        'valid-type': {
+          given: '$..type',
+          then: {
+            function() {
+              return [
+                {
+                  message: 'Restricted type',
+                },
+              ];
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    const documentUri = path.join(__dirname, './__fixtures__/test.json');
+    const document = new Document(
+      JSON.stringify({
+        oneOf: [
+          {
+            type: 'number',
+          },
+          {
+            $ref: './test.json',
+          },
+        ],
+      }),
+      Parsers.Json,
+      documentUri,
+    );
+    const results = spectral.run(document);
+
+    await expect(results).resolves.toEqual([
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        code: 'valid-type',
+        path: ['oneOf', '0', 'type'],
+        severity: DiagnosticSeverity.Warning,
+      }),
+    ]);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/ref-resolver/package.json b/packages/ref-resolver/package.json
index 261e8c3af..2eb99c247 100644
--- a/packages/ref-resolver/package.json
+++ b/packages/ref-resolver/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@stoplight/json-ref-readers": "1.2.2",
-    "@stoplight/json-ref-resolver": "~3.1.4",
+    "@stoplight/json-ref-resolver": "~3.1.5",
     "@stoplight/spectral-runtime": "^1.1.2",
     "dependency-graph": "0.11.0",
     "tslib": "^2.3.1"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 080666e30..f5b25de7c 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2427,9 +2427,9 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@stoplight/json-ref-resolver@npm:~3.1.4":
-  version: 3.1.4
-  resolution: "@stoplight/json-ref-resolver@npm:3.1.4"
+"@stoplight/json-ref-resolver@npm:~3.1.5":
+  version: 3.1.5
+  resolution: "@stoplight/json-ref-resolver@npm:3.1.5"
   dependencies:
     "@stoplight/json": ^3.17.0
     "@stoplight/path": ^1.3.2
@@ -2441,7 +2441,7 @@ __metadata:
     lodash: ^4.17.21
     tslib: ^2.3.1
     urijs: ^1.19.11
-  checksum: 9da64dc9209420d335d00487c1a50094debb2511ca8ab2c755baea275a7fc4d70695cedbbf1b2d72f05034be395fde47e1b42957b1a7a21325850d5ccc5e60e4
+  checksum: b2df82e899717ffa7bab9ec4c380f206511b3971d242724afd34e8b964e5aa7be2a52e32ba48d435548a9ac13a63a2271ca69182abec8506fc3bb3cc129f6380
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -2594,7 +2594,7 @@ __metadata:
   resolution: "@stoplight/spectral-ref-resolver@workspace:packages/ref-resolver"
   dependencies:
     "@stoplight/json-ref-readers": 1.2.2
-    "@stoplight/json-ref-resolver": ~3.1.4
+    "@stoplight/json-ref-resolver": ~3.1.5
     "@stoplight/spectral-runtime": ^1.1.2
     dependency-graph: 0.11.0
     tslib: ^2.3.1