diff --git a/code/presets/react-webpack/src/framework-preset-react-docs.test.ts b/code/presets/react-webpack/src/framework-preset-react-docs.test.ts
index e3dac587cb54..bfdcd7851e07 100644
--- a/code/presets/react-webpack/src/framework-preset-react-docs.test.ts
+++ b/code/presets/react-webpack/src/framework-preset-react-docs.test.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ describe('framework-preset-react-docgen', () => {
         module: {
           rules: [
             {
-              exclude: /node_modules\/.*/,
+              exclude: /node_modules/,
               loader: '@storybook/preset-react-webpack/dist/loaders/react-docgen-loader',
               options: { babelOptions: { plugins: [], presets: [] } },
               test: /\.(cjs|mjs|tsx?|jsx?)$/,
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ describe('framework-preset-react-docgen', () => {
         module: {
           rules: [
             {
-              exclude: /node_modules\/.*/,
+              exclude: /node_modules/,
               loader: '@storybook/preset-react-webpack/dist/loaders/react-docgen-loader',
               options: { babelOptions: { plugins: [], presets: [] } },
               test: /\.(cjs|mjs|jsx?)$/,
diff --git a/code/presets/react-webpack/src/framework-preset-react-docs.ts b/code/presets/react-webpack/src/framework-preset-react-docs.ts
index 1260d08eaf40..321e032f43d5 100644
--- a/code/presets/react-webpack/src/framework-preset-react-docs.ts
+++ b/code/presets/react-webpack/src/framework-preset-react-docs.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export const webpackFinal: StorybookConfig['webpackFinal'] = async (
             options: {
               babelOptions,
             },
-            exclude: /node_modules\/.*/,
+            exclude: /node_modules/,
           },
         ],
       },
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export const webpackFinal: StorybookConfig['webpackFinal'] = async (
           options: {
             babelOptions,
           },
-          exclude: /node_modules\/.*/,
+          exclude: /node_modules/,
         },
       ],
     },