diff --git a/help/help.txt b/help/help.txt
index 778cbbfb532..4bf5cda8c1c 100644
--- a/help/help.txt
+++ b/help/help.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Options:
   --detection-depth=<number>
                        (test & monitor commands only)
                        Use with --all-projects or --yarn-workspaces to indicate how many sub-directories to search.
-                       Defaults to 2 (the current working directory and one sub-directory).
+                       Defaults to 4 (the current working directory and three sub-directories).
   --exclude=<comma separated list of directory names>
                        (test & monitor commands only)
                        Can be used with --all-projects and --yarn-workspaces to indicate sub-directories to exclude.
diff --git a/src/lib/find-files.ts b/src/lib/find-files.ts
index 3fd24bd1949..8ae52800755 100644
--- a/src/lib/find-files.ts
+++ b/src/lib/find-files.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export async function find(
   path: string,
   ignore: string[] = [],
   filter: string[] = [],
-  levelsDeep = 2,
+  levelsDeep = 4,
 ): Promise<string[]> {
   const found: string[] = [];
   // ensure we ignore find against node_modules path.
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ async function findInDirectory(
   path: string,
   ignore: string[] = [],
   filter: string[] = [],
-  levelsDeep = 2,
+  levelsDeep = 4,
 ): Promise<string[]> {
   const files = await readDirectory(path);
   const toFind = files
diff --git a/test/find-files.test.ts b/test/find-files.test.ts
index c2c7b5b7e28..fff035eeb1c 100644
--- a/test/find-files.test.ts
+++ b/test/find-files.test.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import { find } from '../src/lib/find-files';
 const testFixture = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'find-files');
 
 test('find all files in test fixture', async (t) => {
-  // four levels deep to find all
-  const result = await find(testFixture, [], [], 4);
+  // six levels deep to find all
+  const result = await find(testFixture, [], [], 6);
   const expected = [
     path.join(testFixture, 'README.md'),
     path.join(
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ test('find all files in test fixture', async (t) => {
 });
 
 test('find all files in test fixture ignoring node_modules', async (t) => {
-  // four levels deep to ensure node_modules is tested
-  const result = await find(testFixture, ['node_modules'], [], 4);
+  // six levels deep to ensure node_modules is tested
+  const result = await find(testFixture, ['node_modules'], [], 6);
   const expected = [
     path.join(testFixture, 'README.md'),
     path.join(
@@ -67,16 +67,16 @@ test('find all files in test fixture ignoring node_modules', async (t) => {
 });
 
 test('find package.json file in test fixture ignoring node_modules', async (t) => {
-  // four levels deep to ensure node_modules is tested
+  // six levels deep to ensure node_modules is tested
   const nodeModulesPath = path.join(testFixture, 'node_modules');
-  const result = await find(nodeModulesPath, [], ['package.json'], 4);
+  const result = await find(nodeModulesPath, [], ['package.json'], 6);
   const expected = [];
   t.same(result, expected, 'should return expected file');
 });
 
 test('find package.json file in test fixture (by default ignoring node_modules)', async (t) => {
-  // four levels deep to ensure node_modules is tested
-  const result = await find(testFixture, [], ['package.json'], 4);
+  // six levels deep to ensure node_modules is tested
+  const result = await find(testFixture, [], ['package.json'], 6);
   const expected = [
     path.join(testFixture, 'npm', 'package.json'),
     path.join(testFixture, 'npm-with-lockfile', 'package.json'),