diff --git a/plugins/plugin-search/src/node/searchPlugin.ts b/plugins/plugin-search/src/node/searchPlugin.ts
index 14b9ce99..4a1b483a 100644
--- a/plugins/plugin-search/src/node/searchPlugin.ts
+++ b/plugins/plugin-search/src/node/searchPlugin.ts
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ export function searchPlugin({
     onPrepared: app => prepareSearchIndex({ app, isSearchable, searchOptions }),
 
     onWatched: (app, watchers) => {
-      const searchIndexWatcher = chokidar.watch('pages/**/*.js', {
+      const searchIndexWatcher = chokidar.watch('pages', {
         cwd: app.dir.temp(),
         ignoreInitial: true,
+        ignored: (filepath, stats) => Boolean(stats?.isFile()) && !filepath.endsWith('.js'),
       })
       searchIndexWatcher.on('add', (filepath) => {
         onSearchIndexUpdated(filepath, { app, isSearchable, searchOptions })
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 5c9893e2..1144799a 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -201,8 +201,8 @@ catalogs:
       specifier: ^4.5.0
       version: 4.5.0
     chokidar:
-      specifier: 3.6.0
-      version: 3.6.0
+      specifier: 4.0.3
+      version: 4.0.3
     create-filter:
       specifier: ^1.1.0
       version: 1.1.0
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ importers:
         version: 13.3.0(vue@3.5.17(typescript@5.8.3))
       chokidar:
         specifier: catalog:prod
-        version: 3.6.0
+        version: 4.0.3
       esbuild:
         specifier: ^0.25.5
         version: 0.25.5
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ importers:
         version: 13.3.0(axios@1.8.3)(focus-trap@7.6.5)(vue@3.5.17(typescript@5.8.3))
       chokidar:
         specifier: catalog:prod
-        version: 3.6.0
+        version: 4.0.3
       focus-trap:
         specifier: catalog:prod
         version: 7.6.5
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ importers:
         version: 7.1.0
       chokidar:
         specifier: catalog:prod
-        version: 3.6.0
+        version: 4.0.3
       create-filter:
         specifier: catalog:prod
         version: 1.1.0
diff --git a/pnpm-workspace.yaml b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
index d7e2de38..0743bfc8 100644
--- a/pnpm-workspace.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ catalogs:
     bcrypt-ts: ^7.1.0
     cac: ^6.7.14
     chart.js: ^4.5.0
-    chokidar: 3.6.0
+    chokidar: 4.0.3
     create-filter: ^1.1.0
     dayjs: ^1.11.13
     echarts: ^5.6.0
diff --git a/theme/src/node/autoFrontmatter/generator.ts b/theme/src/node/autoFrontmatter/generator.ts
index a785c386..2f642ddc 100644
--- a/theme/src/node/autoFrontmatter/generator.ts
+++ b/theme/src/node/autoFrontmatter/generator.ts
@@ -115,10 +115,16 @@ export async function watchAutoFrontmatter(app: App, watchers: any[]): Promise<v
   if (!generate)
     return
 
-  const watcher = chokidar.watch('**/*.md', {
+  const watcher = chokidar.watch('.', {
     cwd: app.dir.source(),
     ignoreInitial: true,
-    ignored: /(node_modules|\.vuepress)\//,
+    ignored: (filepath, stats) => {
+      if (filepath.includes('node_modules'))
+        return true
+      if (filepath.includes('.vuepress'))
+        return true
+      return Boolean(stats?.isFile()) && !filepath.endsWith('.md')
+    },
   })
 
   watcher.on('add', async (relativePath) => {
diff --git a/theme/src/node/prepare/index.ts b/theme/src/node/prepare/index.ts
index 757448c8..a0ef4a27 100644
--- a/theme/src/node/prepare/index.ts
+++ b/theme/src/node/prepare/index.ts
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@ export function watchPrepare(
   app: App,
   watchers: any[],
 ): void {
-  const pagesWatcher = watch('pages/**/*.js', {
+  const pagesWatcher = watch('pages', {
     cwd: app.dir.temp(),
     ignoreInitial: true,
+    ignored: (filepath, stats) => Boolean(stats?.isFile()) && !filepath.endsWith('.js'),
   })
   watchers.push(pagesWatcher)