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 ec0dffa988..b74aa700a5 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
@@ -20,9 +20,12 @@ import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
 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;
 
@@ -97,19 +100,106 @@ class PathMatchingResourcePatternResolverTests {
 				assertExactSubPaths(pattern, pathPrefix, "support/resource#test1.txt", "support/resource#test2.txt");
 			}
 
+			@Disabled("Until gh-29333 is resolved")
 			@Test
-			void usingFileProtocol() {
-				Path testResourcesDir = Path.of("src/test/resources").toAbsolutePath();
-				String pattern = "file:%s/scanned-resources/**".formatted(testResourcesDir);
-				String pathPrefix = ".+scanned-resources/";
+			void usingClasspathStarProtocolWithWildcardInPatternAndNotEndingInSlash() throws Exception {
+				String pattern = "classpath*:org/springframework/core/io/sup*";
+				String pathPrefix = ".+org/springframework/core/io/";
 
+				List<String> actualSubPaths = getSubPathsIgnoringClassFilesEtc(pattern, pathPrefix);
+
+				// We DO find "support" if the pattern does NOT end with a slash.
+				assertThat(actualSubPaths).containsExactly("support");
+			}
+
+			@Disabled("Until gh-29333 is resolved")
+			@Test
+			void usingFileProtocolWithWildcardInPatternAndNotEndingInSlash() throws Exception {
+				Path testResourcesDir = Paths.get("src/test/resources").toAbsolutePath();
+				String pattern = String.format("file:%s/org/springframework/core/io/sup*", testResourcesDir);
+				String pathPrefix = ".+org/springframework/core/io/";
+
+				List<String> actualSubPaths = getSubPathsIgnoringClassFilesEtc(pattern, pathPrefix);
+
+				// We DO find "support" if the pattern does NOT end with a slash.
+				assertThat(actualSubPaths).containsExactly("support");
+			}
+
+			@Test
+			void usingClasspathStarProtocolWithWildcardInPatternAndEndingInSlash() throws Exception {
+				String pattern = "classpath*:org/springframework/core/io/sup*/";
+				String pathPrefix = ".+org/springframework/core/io/";
+
+				List<String> actualSubPaths = getSubPathsIgnoringClassFilesEtc(pattern, pathPrefix);
+
+				// We do NOT find "support" if the pattern ENDS with a slash.
+				assertThat(actualSubPaths).isEmpty();
+			}
+
+			@Test
+			void usingFileProtocolWithWildcardInPatternAndEndingInSlash() throws Exception {
+				Path testResourcesDir = Paths.get("src/test/resources").toAbsolutePath();
+				String pattern = String.format("file:%s/org/springframework/core/io/sup*/", testResourcesDir);
+				String pathPrefix = ".+org/springframework/core/io/";
+
+				List<String> actualSubPaths = getSubPathsIgnoringClassFilesEtc(pattern, pathPrefix);
+
+				// We do NOT find "support" if the pattern ENDS with a slash.
+				assertThat(actualSubPaths).isEmpty();
+			}
+
+			@Disabled("Until gh-29333 is resolved")
+			@Test
+			void usingClasspathStarProtocolWithWildcardInPatternAndEndingWithSlashStarStar() throws Exception {
+				String pattern = "classpath*:org/springframework/core/io/sup*/**";
+				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");
+			}
+
+			private List<String> getSubPathsIgnoringClassFilesEtc(String pattern, String pathPrefix) throws IOException {
+				return Arrays.stream(resolver.getResources(pattern))
+						.map(resource -> getPath(resource).replaceFirst(pathPrefix, ""))
+						.filter(name -> !name.endsWith(".class"))
+						.filter(name -> !name.endsWith(".kt"))
+						.filter(name -> !name.endsWith(".factories"))
+						.distinct()
+						.sorted()
+						.collect(Collectors.toList());
+			}
+
+			@Test
+			void usingFileProtocolWithoutWildcardInPatternAndEndingInSlashStarStar() throws Exception {
+				Path testResourcesDir = Paths.get("src/test/resources").toAbsolutePath();
+				String pattern = String.format("file:%s/scanned-resources/**", testResourcesDir);
+				String pathPrefix = ".+?resources/";
+
+				// We do NOT find "scanned-resources" if the pattern ENDS with "/**" AND does NOT otherwise contain a wildcard.
 				assertExactFilenames(pattern, "resource#test1.txt", "resource#test2.txt");
-				assertExactSubPaths(pattern, pathPrefix, "resource#test1.txt", "resource#test2.txt");
+				assertExactSubPaths(pattern, pathPrefix, "scanned-resources/resource#test1.txt",
+						"scanned-resources/resource#test2.txt");
+			}
+
+			@Disabled("Until gh-29333 is resolved")
+			@Test
+			void usingFileProtocolWithWildcardInPatternAndEndingInSlashStarStar() throws Exception {
+				Path testResourcesDir = Paths.get("src/test/resources").toAbsolutePath();
+				String pattern = String.format("file:%s/scanned*resources/**", testResourcesDir);
+				String pathPrefix = ".+?resources/";
+
+				// We DO find "scanned-resources" if the pattern ENDS with "/**" AND DOES otherwise contain a wildcard.
+				assertExactFilenames(pattern, "scanned-resources", "resource#test1.txt", "resource#test2.txt");
+				assertExactSubPaths(pattern, pathPrefix, "scanned-resources", "scanned-resources/resource#test1.txt",
+						"scanned-resources/resource#test2.txt");
 			}
 
 			@Test
 			void usingFileProtocolAndAssertingUrlAndUriSyntax() throws Exception {
-				Path testResourcesDir = Path.of("src/test/resources").toAbsolutePath();
+				Path testResourcesDir = Paths.get("src/test/resources").toAbsolutePath();
 				String pattern = "file:%s/scanned-resources/**/resource#test1.txt".formatted(testResourcesDir);
 				Resource[] resources = resolver.getResources(pattern);
 				assertThat(resources).hasSize(1);