diff --git a/packages/nx/src/hasher/hasher.spec.ts b/packages/nx/src/hasher/hasher.spec.ts
index 38454a34b5..938870be08 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/hasher/hasher.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/hasher/hasher.spec.ts
@@ -845,57 +845,72 @@ describe('Hasher', () => {
   describe('filterUsingGlobPatterns', () => {
     it('should OR all positive patterns and AND all negative patterns (when positive and negative patterns)', () => {
       const filtered = filterUsingGlobPatterns(
-        '/root',
+        'root',
         [
-          { file: '/root/a.ts' },
-          { file: '/root/b.js' },
-          { file: '/root/c.spec.ts' },
-          { file: '/root/d.md' },
+          { file: 'root/a.ts' },
+          { file: 'root/b.js' },
+          { file: 'root/c.spec.ts' },
+          { file: 'root/d.md' },
         ] as any,
         [
-          '/root/**/*.ts',
-          '/root/**/*.js',
-          '!/root/**/*.spec.ts',
-          '!/root/**/*.md',
+          '{projectRoot}/**/*.ts',
+          '{projectRoot}/**/*.js',
+          '!{projectRoot}/**/*.spec.ts',
+          '!{projectRoot}/**/*.md',
         ]
       );
 
-      expect(filtered.map((f) => f.file)).toEqual(['/root/a.ts', '/root/b.js']);
+      expect(filtered.map((f) => f.file)).toEqual(['root/a.ts', 'root/b.js']);
     });
 
     it('should OR all positive patterns and AND all negative patterns (when negative patterns)', () => {
       const filtered = filterUsingGlobPatterns(
-        '/root',
+        'root',
         [
-          { file: '/root/a.ts' },
-          { file: '/root/b.js' },
-          { file: '/root/c.spec.ts' },
-          { file: '/root/d.md' },
+          { file: 'root/a.ts' },
+          { file: 'root/b.js' },
+          { file: 'root/c.spec.ts' },
+          { file: 'root/d.md' },
         ] as any,
-        ['!/root/**/*.spec.ts', '!/root/**/*.md']
+        ['!{projectRoot}/**/*.spec.ts', '!{projectRoot}/**/*.md']
       );
 
-      expect(filtered.map((f) => f.file)).toEqual(['/root/a.ts', '/root/b.js']);
+      expect(filtered.map((f) => f.file)).toEqual(['root/a.ts', 'root/b.js']);
     });
 
     it('should OR all positive patterns and AND all negative patterns (when positive patterns)', () => {
       const filtered = filterUsingGlobPatterns(
-        '/root',
+        'root',
         [
-          { file: '/root/a.ts' },
-          { file: '/root/b.js' },
-          { file: '/root/c.spec.ts' },
-          { file: '/root/d.md' },
+          { file: 'root/a.ts' },
+          { file: 'root/b.js' },
+          { file: 'root/c.spec.ts' },
+          { file: 'root/d.md' },
         ] as any,
-        ['/root/**/*.ts', '/root/**/*.js']
+        ['{projectRoot}/**/*.ts', '{projectRoot}/**/*.js']
       );
 
       expect(filtered.map((f) => f.file)).toEqual([
-        '/root/a.ts',
-        '/root/b.js',
-        '/root/c.spec.ts',
+        'root/a.ts',
+        'root/b.js',
+        'root/c.spec.ts',
       ]);
     });
+
+    it('should handle projects with the root set to .', () => {
+      const filtered = filterUsingGlobPatterns(
+        '.',
+        [
+          { file: 'a.ts' },
+          { file: 'b.md' },
+          { file: 'dir/a.ts' },
+          { file: 'dir/b.md' },
+        ] as any,
+        ['{projectRoot}/**/*.ts', '!{projectRoot}/**/*.md']
+      );
+
+      expect(filtered.map((f) => f.file)).toEqual(['a.ts', 'dir/a.ts']);
+    });
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/hasher/hasher.ts b/packages/nx/src/hasher/hasher.ts
index c5c69b2000..c0d29b6af4 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/hasher/hasher.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/hasher/hasher.ts
@@ -489,13 +489,10 @@ class TaskHasher {
     if (!this.filesetHashes[mapKey]) {
       this.filesetHashes[mapKey] = new Promise(async (res) => {
         const p = this.projectGraph.nodes[projectName];
-        const filesetWithExpandedProjectRoot = filesetPatterns.map((f) =>
-          f.replace('{projectRoot}', p.data.root)
-        );
         const filteredFiles = filterUsingGlobPatterns(
           p.data.root,
           p.data.files,
-          filesetWithExpandedProjectRoot
+          filesetPatterns
         );
         const fileNames = filteredFiles.map((f) => f.file);
         const values = filteredFiles.map((f) => f.hash);
@@ -640,13 +637,22 @@ export function expandNamedInput(
 }
 
 export function filterUsingGlobPatterns(
-  projectRoot: string,
+  root: string,
   files: FileData[],
   patterns: string[]
 ): FileData[] {
+  const filesetWithExpandedProjectRoot = patterns
+    .map((f) => f.replace('{projectRoot}', root))
+    .map((r) => {
+      // handling root level projects that create './' pattern that doesn't work with minimatch
+      if (r.startsWith('./')) return r.substring(2);
+      if (r.startsWith('!./')) return '!' + r.substring(3);
+      return r;
+    });
+
   const positive = [];
   const negative = [];
-  for (const p of patterns) {
+  for (const p of filesetWithExpandedProjectRoot) {
     if (p.startsWith('!')) {
       negative.push(p);
     } else {
@@ -662,7 +668,7 @@ export function filterUsingGlobPatterns(
     let matchedPositive = false;
     if (
       positive.length === 0 ||
-      (positive.length === 1 && positive[0] === `${projectRoot}/**/*`)
+      (positive.length === 1 && positive[0] === `${root}/**/*`)
     ) {
       matchedPositive = true;
     } else {