diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7369f5e..2d7040c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ name = "deno_config"
 version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
  "boxed_error",
+ "capacity_builder",
  "deno_error",
  "deno_package_json",
  "deno_path_util",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b13720a..be309b2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ sync = ["deno_package_json/sync"]
 workspace = ["deno_json", "deno_semver", "package_json"]
 
 [dependencies]
+capacity_builder = { version = "0.5.0" }
 indexmap = { version = "2", features = ["serde"] }
 jsonc-parser = { version = "0.26.0", features = ["serde"], optional = true }
 log = "0.4.20"
diff --git a/src/glob/mod.rs b/src/glob/mod.rs
index 647a24e..dfb27de 100644
--- a/src/glob/mod.rs
+++ b/src/glob/mod.rs
@@ -631,17 +631,20 @@ impl GlobPattern {
       Some(p) => (true, p),
       None => (false, p),
     };
+    let base_str = base.to_string_lossy().replace('\\', "/");
     let p = p.strip_prefix("./").unwrap_or(p);
-    let mut pattern = String::new();
-    if is_negated {
-      pattern.push('!');
-    }
-    pattern.push_str(&base.to_string_lossy().replace('\\', "/"));
-    if !pattern.ends_with('/') {
-      pattern.push('/');
-    }
     let p = p.strip_suffix('/').unwrap_or(p);
-    pattern.push_str(p);
+    let pattern = capacity_builder::StringBuilder::<String>::build(|builder| {
+      if is_negated {
+        builder.append('!');
+      }
+      builder.append(&base_str);
+      if !base_str.ends_with('/') {
+        builder.append('/');
+      }
+      builder.append(p);
+    })
+    .unwrap();
     GlobPattern::new(&pattern)
   }