diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 14629874cb3ec..9a34e71a64ce0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -241,7 +241,6 @@
     "get-port": "^5.0.0",
     "getopts": "^2.2.5",
     "getos": "^3.1.0",
-    "glob": "^7.1.2",
     "glob-all": "^3.2.1",
     "globby": "^11.0.3",
     "handlebars": "4.7.7",
@@ -720,6 +719,7 @@
     "find-cypress-specs": "^1.35.1",
     "form-data": "^4.0.0",
     "geckodriver": "^4.5.1",
+    "glob": "^7.1.2",
     "glob-watcher": "5.0.3",
     "gulp": "4.0.2",
     "gulp-babel": "^8.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/kbn-spec-to-console/bin/spec_to_console.js b/packages/kbn-spec-to-console/bin/spec_to_console.js
index 21922054696f1..f50e8b5015d8f 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-spec-to-console/bin/spec_to_console.js
+++ b/packages/kbn-spec-to-console/bin/spec_to_console.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 const program = require('commander');
-const glob = require('glob');
+const globby = require('globby');
 const chalk = require('chalk');
 
 const packageJSON = require('../package.json');
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ if (!program.glob) {
   process.exit(1);
 }
 
-const files = glob.sync(program.glob);
+const files = globby.sync(program.glob);
 const totalFilesCount = files.length;
 let convertedFilesCount = 0;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/console/server/services/spec_definitions_service.ts b/src/plugins/console/server/services/spec_definitions_service.ts
index e0af9422666af..952e2947a07e8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/console/server/services/spec_definitions_service.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/console/server/services/spec_definitions_service.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@
  */
 
 import _, { merge } from 'lodash';
-import glob from 'glob';
+import globby from 'globby';
 import { basename, join, resolve } from 'path';
 import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
+import normalizePath from 'normalize-path';
 
 import { jsSpecLoaders } from '../lib';
 
@@ -115,8 +116,9 @@ export class SpecDefinitionsService {
   }
 
   private loadJSONSpecInDir(dirname: string) {
-    const generatedFiles = glob.sync(join(dirname, 'generated', '*.json'));
-    const overrideFiles = glob.sync(join(dirname, 'overrides', '*.json'));
+    // we need to normalize paths otherwise they don't work on windows, see https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/151032
+    const generatedFiles = globby.sync(normalizePath(join(dirname, 'generated', '*.json')));
+    const overrideFiles = globby.sync(normalizePath(join(dirname, 'overrides', '*.json')));
 
     return generatedFiles.reduce((acc, file) => {
       const overrideFile = overrideFiles.find((f) => basename(f) === basename(file));
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_types/timelion/server/lib/load_functions.js b/src/plugins/vis_types/timelion/server/lib/load_functions.js
index 890c5b1df5cdc..70014be1816f4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_types/timelion/server/lib/load_functions.js
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_types/timelion/server/lib/load_functions.js
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import _ from 'lodash';
-import glob from 'glob';
-import path from 'path';
+import globby from 'globby';
 import processFunctionDefinition from './process_function_definition';
 
 export default function (directory) {
@@ -18,8 +17,8 @@ export default function (directory) {
 
   // Get a list of all files and use the filename as the object key
   const files = _.map(
-    glob
-      .sync(path.resolve(__dirname, '../' + directory + '/*.js'))
+    globby
+      .sync('../' + directory + '/*.js', { cwd: __dirname })
       .filter((filename) => !filename.includes('.test')),
     function (file) {
       const name = file.substring(file.lastIndexOf('/') + 1, file.lastIndexOf('.'));
@@ -28,7 +27,11 @@ export default function (directory) {
   );
 
   // Get a list of all directories with an index.js, use the directory name as the key in the object
-  const directories = _.chain(glob.sync(path.resolve(__dirname, '../' + directory + '/*/index.js')))
+  const directories = _.chain(
+    globby.sync('../' + directory + '/*/index.js', {
+      cwd: __dirname,
+    })
+  )
     .map(function (file) {
       const parts = file.split('/');
       const name = parts[parts.length - 2];