diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/support/PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/support/PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver.java
index 9aa4ca6dde6..368c4557f3e 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/support/PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/support/PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver.java
@@ -781,8 +781,9 @@ public class PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver implements ResourcePatternResol
 				rootDir += "/";
 			}
 
+			Path rootPathForPattern = rootPath;
 			String resourcePattern = rootDir + StringUtils.cleanPath(subPattern);
-			Predicate<Path> isMatchingFile = path -> (Files.isRegularFile(path) &&
+			Predicate<Path> isMatchingFile = path -> (!path.equals(rootPathForPattern) &&
 					getPathMatcher().match(resourcePattern, StringUtils.cleanPath(path.toString())));
 
 			if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/io/support/PathMatchingResourcePatternResolverTests.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/io/support/PathMatchingResourcePatternResolverTests.java
index b74aa700a56..c9de0064a21 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/io/support/PathMatchingResourcePatternResolverTests.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/io/support/PathMatchingResourcePatternResolverTests.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Nested;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
@@ -100,7 +99,6 @@ class PathMatchingResourcePatternResolverTests {
 				assertExactSubPaths(pattern, pathPrefix, "support/resource#test1.txt", "support/resource#test2.txt");
 			}
 
-			@Disabled("Until gh-29333 is resolved")
 			@Test
 			void usingClasspathStarProtocolWithWildcardInPatternAndNotEndingInSlash() throws Exception {
 				String pattern = "classpath*:org/springframework/core/io/sup*";
@@ -112,7 +110,6 @@ class PathMatchingResourcePatternResolverTests {
 				assertThat(actualSubPaths).containsExactly("support");
 			}
 
-			@Disabled("Until gh-29333 is resolved")
 			@Test
 			void usingFileProtocolWithWildcardInPatternAndNotEndingInSlash() throws Exception {
 				Path testResourcesDir = Paths.get("src/test/resources").toAbsolutePath();
@@ -148,17 +145,15 @@ class PathMatchingResourcePatternResolverTests {
 				assertThat(actualSubPaths).isEmpty();
 			}
 
-			@Disabled("Until gh-29333 is resolved")
 			@Test
-			void usingClasspathStarProtocolWithWildcardInPatternAndEndingWithSlashStarStar() throws Exception {
-				String pattern = "classpath*:org/springframework/core/io/sup*/**";
+			void usingClasspathStarProtocolWithWildcardInPatternAndEndingWithSuffixPattern() throws Exception {
+				String pattern = "classpath*:org/springframework/core/io/sup*/*.txt";
 				String pathPrefix = ".+org/springframework/core/io/";
 
 				List<String> actualSubPaths = getSubPathsIgnoringClassFilesEtc(pattern, pathPrefix);
 
-				// We DO find "support" if the pattern ENDS with "/**".
 				assertThat(actualSubPaths)
-						.containsExactlyInAnyOrder("support", "support/resource#test1.txt", "support/resource#test2.txt");
+						.containsExactlyInAnyOrder("support/resource#test1.txt", "support/resource#test2.txt");
 			}
 
 			private List<String> getSubPathsIgnoringClassFilesEtc(String pattern, String pathPrefix) throws IOException {
@@ -173,7 +168,7 @@ class PathMatchingResourcePatternResolverTests {
 			}
 
 			@Test
-			void usingFileProtocolWithoutWildcardInPatternAndEndingInSlashStarStar() throws Exception {
+			void usingFileProtocolWithoutWildcardInPatternAndEndingInSlashStarStar()  {
 				Path testResourcesDir = Paths.get("src/test/resources").toAbsolutePath();
 				String pattern = String.format("file:%s/scanned-resources/**", testResourcesDir);
 				String pathPrefix = ".+?resources/";
@@ -184,9 +179,8 @@ class PathMatchingResourcePatternResolverTests {
 						"scanned-resources/resource#test2.txt");
 			}
 
-			@Disabled("Until gh-29333 is resolved")
 			@Test
-			void usingFileProtocolWithWildcardInPatternAndEndingInSlashStarStar() throws Exception {
+			void usingFileProtocolWithWildcardInPatternAndEndingInSlashStarStar() {
 				Path testResourcesDir = Paths.get("src/test/resources").toAbsolutePath();
 				String pattern = String.format("file:%s/scanned*resources/**", testResourcesDir);
 				String pathPrefix = ".+?resources/";