diff --git a/.github/workflows/integ-test-action-inputs-caching.yml b/.github/workflows/integ-test-action-inputs-caching.yml
index ba4bed4..13c69d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integ-test-action-inputs-caching.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integ-test-action-inputs-caching.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ jobs:
             enterprise
         # Exclude build-cache from main cache entry
         gradle-home-cache-excludes: |
-            caches/build-cache-1
+            caches/build-cache-*
+            caches/*/executionHistory/**
     - name: Build using Gradle wrapper
       working-directory: .github/workflow-samples/groovy-dsl
       run: ./gradlew test
@@ -63,7 +64,8 @@ jobs:
             caches
             enterprise
         gradle-home-cache-excludes: |
-            caches/build-cache-1
+            caches/build-cache-*
+            caches/*/executionHistory/**
         cache-read-only: true
     - name: Execute Gradle build with --offline
       working-directory: .github/workflow-samples/groovy-dsl
diff --git a/src/cache-base.ts b/src/cache-base.ts
index 83d6e91..5b4cb57 100644
--- a/src/cache-base.ts
+++ b/src/cache-base.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import * as core from '@actions/core'
 import * as exec from '@actions/exec'
+import * as glob from '@actions/glob'
+
 import path from 'path'
 import fs from 'fs'
 import * as params from './input-params'
@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ export class GradleStateCache {
      */
     async beforeSave(listener: CacheListener): Promise<void> {
         await this.debugReportGradleUserHomeSize('before saving common artifacts')
-        this.deleteExcludedPaths()
+        await this.deleteExcludedPaths()
         await Promise.all([
             new GradleHomeEntryExtractor(this.gradleUserHome).extract(listener)
             // new ConfigurationCacheEntryExtractor(this.gradleUserHome).extract(listener)
@@ -140,13 +142,21 @@ export class GradleStateCache {
     /**
      * Delete any file paths that are excluded by the `gradle-home-cache-excludes` parameter.
      */
-    private deleteExcludedPaths(): void {
+    private async deleteExcludedPaths(): Promise<void> {
         const rawPaths: string[] = params.getCacheExcludes()
+        // rawPaths.push('caches/*/cc-keystore')
         const resolvedPaths = rawPaths.map(x => path.resolve(this.gradleUserHome, x))
 
         for (const p of resolvedPaths) {
-            cacheDebug(`Deleting excluded path: ${p}`)
-            tryDelete(p)
+            cacheDebug(`Removing excluded path: ${p}`)
+            const globber = await glob.create(p, {
+                implicitDescendants: false
+            })
+
+            for (const toDelete of await globber.glob()) {
+                cacheDebug(`Removing excluded file: ${toDelete}`)
+                await tryDelete(toDelete)
+            }
         }
     }