diff --git a/internal/commands/scan_test.go b/internal/commands/scan_test.go
index 0659433ae..536447c36 100644
--- a/internal/commands/scan_test.go
+++ b/internal/commands/scan_test.go
@@ -1027,6 +1027,15 @@ func Test_isDirFiltered(t *testing.T) {
 			want:    true,
 			wantErr: false,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "WhenNodeModulesExcluded_ReturnIsFilteredTrue",
+			args: args{
+				filename: "node_modules",
+				filters:  commonParams.BaseExcludeFilters,
+			},
+			want:    true,
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		ttt := tt
diff --git a/internal/params/filters.go b/internal/params/filters.go
index 4e1e5d0cc..bd665d196 100644
--- a/internal/params/filters.go
+++ b/internal/params/filters.go
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ var BaseExcludeFilters = []string{
 	"!.vs",
 	"!.vscode",
 	"!.idea",
+	"!node_modules",
 }
 
 var KicsBaseFilters = []string{