diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/cli-integ-tests/watch/cdk-watch-detects-file-changes-with-glob-patterns.integtest.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/cli-integ-tests/watch/cdk-watch-detects-file-changes-with-glob-patterns.integtest.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6dd0f9461
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+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/cli-integ-tests/watch/cdk-watch-detects-file-changes-with-glob-patterns.integtest.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+import * as child_process from 'child_process';
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as path from 'path';
+import { integTest, withDefaultFixture } from '../../../lib';
+
+jest.setTimeout(10 * 60 * 1000); // 10 minutes for watch tests
+
+integTest(
+  'cdk watch detects file changes with glob patterns',
+  withDefaultFixture(async (fixture) => {
+    // Create a test file that will be watched
+    const testFile = path.join(fixture.integTestDir, 'watch-test-file.ts');
+    fs.writeFileSync(testFile, 'export const initial = true;');
+
+    // Update cdk.json to include watch configuration
+    const cdkJsonPath = path.join(fixture.integTestDir, 'cdk.json');
+    const cdkJson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(cdkJsonPath, 'utf-8'));
+    cdkJson.watch = {
+      include: ['**/*.ts', '**/*.js'],
+      exclude: ['node_modules/**', 'cdk.out/**', '**/*.d.ts'],
+    };
+    fs.writeFileSync(cdkJsonPath, JSON.stringify(cdkJson, null, 2));
+
+    await fixture.cli.makeCliAvailable();
+
+    let output = '';
+
+    // Start cdk watch with detached process group for clean termination
+    const watchProcess = child_process.spawn('cdk', [
+      'watch', '--hotswap', '-v', fixture.fullStackName('test-1'),
+    ], {
+      cwd: fixture.integTestDir,
+      shell: true,
+      detached: true,
+      env: { ...process.env, ...fixture.cdkShellEnv() },
+    });
+
+    watchProcess.stdout?.on('data', (data) => {
+      output += data.toString();
+      fixture.log(data.toString());
+    });
+    watchProcess.stderr?.on('data', (data) => {
+      output += data.toString();
+      fixture.log(data.toString());
+    });
+
+    try {
+      await waitForOutput(() => output, "Triggering initial 'cdk deploy'", 120000);
+      fixture.log('✓ Watch started');
+
+      await waitForOutput(() => output, 'deployment time', 300000);
+      fixture.log('✓ Initial deployment completed');
+
+      // Modify the test file to trigger a watch event
+      fs.writeFileSync(testFile, 'export const modified = true;');
+
+      await waitForOutput(() => output, 'Detected change to', 60000);
+      fixture.log('✓ Watch detected file change');
+
+      // Wait for second deployment
+      await waitForCondition(
+        () => (output.match(/deployment time/g) || []).length >= 2,
+        60000,
+        'second deployment to complete',
+      );
+      fixture.log('✓ Deployment triggered after file change');
+    } finally {
+      // Kill entire process group
+      if (watchProcess.pid) {
+        try {
+          process.kill(-watchProcess.pid, 'SIGKILL');
+        } catch {
+          /* ignore */
+        }
+      }
+      await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 3000));
+
+      // Use separate output dir to avoid conflicts with lingering watch process
+      await fixture.cdkDestroy('test-1', { options: ['--output', 'cdk-destroy.out'] });
+    }
+  }),
+);
+
+async function waitForOutput(getOutput: () => string, searchString: string, timeoutMs: number): Promise<void> {
+  const startTime = Date.now();
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const check = () => {
+      if (getOutput().includes(searchString)) return resolve();
+      if (Date.now() - startTime > timeoutMs) {
+        return reject(new Error(`Timeout waiting for: "${searchString}"`));
+      }
+      setTimeout(check, 1000);
+    };
+    check();
+  });
+}
+
+async function waitForCondition(condition: () => boolean, timeoutMs: number, description: string): Promise<void> {
+  const startTime = Date.now();
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const check = () => {
+      if (condition()) return resolve();
+      if (Date.now() - startTime > timeoutMs) {
+        return reject(new Error(`Timeout waiting for ${description}`));
+      }
+      setTimeout(check, 1000);
+    };
+    check();
+  });
+}
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/toolkit-lib-integ-tests/toolkit-watch-glob.integtest.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/toolkit-lib-integ-tests/toolkit-watch-glob.integtest.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f78a12b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/toolkit-lib-integ-tests/toolkit-watch-glob.integtest.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+/* eslint-disable import/no-extraneous-dependencies */
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as path from 'path';
+import * as toolkit from '@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib';
+import { assemblyFromCdkAppDir, toolkitFromFixture } from './toolkit-helpers';
+import { integTest, withDefaultFixture } from '../../lib';
+
+/**
+ * Integration tests for toolkit-lib watch with glob pattern matching.
+ *
+ * These tests verify that the chokidar v4 glob pattern fix works correctly
+ * by using the actual Toolkit.watch() method with real file system operations.
+ */
+
+integTest(
+  'toolkit watch detects file changes with glob patterns',
+  withDefaultFixture(async (fixture) => {
+    const tk = toolkitFromFixture(fixture);
+    const assembly = await assemblyFromCdkAppDir(tk, fixture);
+
+    // Track events received from the watcher
+    const receivedEvents: Array<{ code: string | undefined; message: string }> = [];
+
+    // Create a custom IoHost to capture watch events
+    const customTk = new toolkit.Toolkit({
+      ioHost: {
+        notify: async (msg) => {
+          receivedEvents.push({ code: msg.code, message: msg.message });
+        },
+        requestResponse: async <T>(): Promise<T> => undefined as unknown as T,
+      },
+    });
+
+    // Create a test file in the watch directory
+    const testFile = path.join(fixture.integTestDir, 'watch-test-file.ts');
+
+    // Start watching with specific include patterns
+    const watcher = await customTk.watch(assembly, {
+      include: ['**/*.ts'],
+      exclude: ['**/node_modules/**', '**/*.test.ts'],
+      watchDir: fixture.integTestDir,
+      // Use a deployment method that won't actually deploy (we just want to test file watching)
+      deploymentMethod: { method: 'hotswap' },
+    });
+
+    try {
+      // Wait a bit for the watcher to initialize
+      await sleep(1000);
+
+      // Create a new .ts file - this should be detected
+      fs.writeFileSync(testFile, 'export const watchTest = true;');
+
+      // Wait for the file change to be detected
+      await sleep(2000);
+
+      // Verify that the watcher detected the file
+      const observingEvents = receivedEvents.filter(e =>
+        e.code === 'CDK_TOOLKIT_I5311' || // observing file
+        e.code === 'CDK_TOOLKIT_I5312' || // detected change
+        e.code === 'CDK_TOOLKIT_I5314', // triggering deploy
+      );
+
+      fixture.log(`Received ${observingEvents.length} watch-related events`);
+      for (const event of observingEvents) {
+        fixture.log(`  ${event.code}: ${event.message.substring(0, 100)}...`);
+      }
+
+      // The watcher should have received the ready event and started observing
+      const hasReadyOrObserving = receivedEvents.some(e =>
+        e.code === 'CDK_TOOLKIT_I5314' || // triggering initial deploy
+        e.code === 'CDK_TOOLKIT_I5311', // observing files
+      );
+
+      if (!hasReadyOrObserving) {
+        throw new Error('Watcher did not emit ready/observing events');
+      }
+
+      fixture.log('✓ Toolkit watch successfully initialized and detected files');
+    } finally {
+      // Clean up - dispose and wait for async operations to settle
+      await watcher.dispose();
+      await sleep(1000); // Allow async operations to complete
+      if (fs.existsSync(testFile)) {
+        fs.unlinkSync(testFile);
+      }
+    }
+  }),
+);
+
+integTest(
+  'toolkit watch excludes node_modules and dotfiles by default',
+  withDefaultFixture(async (fixture) => {
+    const tk = toolkitFromFixture(fixture);
+    const assembly = await assemblyFromCdkAppDir(tk, fixture);
+
+    // Track the exclude patterns that were configured
+    const configMessages: string[] = [];
+
+    // Create a custom IoHost to capture configuration messages
+    const customTk = new toolkit.Toolkit({
+      ioHost: {
+        notify: async (msg) => {
+          if (msg.code === 'CDK_TOOLKIT_I5310') {
+            configMessages.push(msg.message);
+          }
+        },
+        requestResponse: async <T>(): Promise<T> => undefined as unknown as T,
+      },
+    });
+
+    // Start watching with default exclude patterns
+    const watcher = await customTk.watch(assembly, {
+      include: ['**'],
+      watchDir: fixture.integTestDir,
+      deploymentMethod: { method: 'hotswap' },
+    });
+
+    try {
+      // Wait for initialization
+      await sleep(500);
+
+      // Verify that default excludes are applied
+      const configMsg = configMessages.find(m => m.includes("'exclude' patterns"));
+
+      if (!configMsg) {
+        throw new Error('Did not receive exclude patterns configuration message');
+      }
+
+      // Check that default excludes are present
+      if (!configMsg.includes('node_modules')) {
+        throw new Error('Default excludes should include node_modules');
+      }
+      if (!configMsg.includes('.*')) {
+        throw new Error('Default excludes should include dotfiles (.*)');
+      }
+
+      fixture.log('✓ Toolkit watch applies default exclude patterns correctly');
+      fixture.log(`  Config: ${configMsg.substring(0, 200)}...`);
+    } finally {
+      await watcher.dispose();
+      await sleep(1000); // Allow async operations to complete
+    }
+  }),
+);
+
+function sleep(ms: number): Promise<void> {
+  return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
+}