diff --git a/src/syncHandler.ts b/src/syncHandler.ts
index 031aa190..d6d247c0 100644
--- a/src/syncHandler.ts
+++ b/src/syncHandler.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class SyncHandler implements Disposable {
         try {
             const uris = await this.getWatchingUris();
             for (const uri of uris) {
-                const normalizedPath: string = uri.fsPath;
+                const normalizedPath: string = uri.fsPath?.replace(/[\\\/]+$/, ""); // remove trailing slashes
                 const pattern: RelativePattern = new RelativePattern(normalizedPath, "**/*");
                 const watcher: FileSystemWatcher = workspace.createFileSystemWatcher(pattern);
                 this.disposables.push(watcher);
diff --git a/src/views/dependencyDataProvider.ts b/src/views/dependencyDataProvider.ts
index 72c4cf55..dd0bd05b 100644
--- a/src/views/dependencyDataProvider.ts
+++ b/src/views/dependencyDataProvider.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export class DependencyDataProvider implements TreeDataProvider<ExplorerNode> {
                 window.showErrorMessage("The URI of the project is not available, you can try to trigger the command 'Java: Reload Project' from Command Palette.");
                 return;
             }
-            const pattern: RelativePattern = new RelativePattern(Uri.parse(node.uri).fsPath, "{pom.xml,*.gradle}");
+            const pattern: RelativePattern = new RelativePattern(Uri.parse(node.uri).fsPath?.replace(/[\\\/]+$/, ""), "{pom.xml,*.gradle}");
             const uris: Uri[] = await workspace.findFiles(pattern, null /*exclude*/, 1 /*maxResults*/);
             if (uris.length >= 1) {
                 commands.executeCommand(Commands.JAVA_PROJECT_CONFIGURATION_UPDATE, uris[0]);