diff --git a/modules/mono/editor/GodotTools/GodotTools.ProjectEditor/ProjectUtils.cs b/modules/mono/editor/GodotTools/GodotTools.ProjectEditor/ProjectUtils.cs
index 742f8c616e93..0a949e5e63fc 100644
--- a/modules/mono/editor/GodotTools/GodotTools.ProjectEditor/ProjectUtils.cs
+++ b/modules/mono/editor/GodotTools/GodotTools.ProjectEditor/ProjectUtils.cs
@@ -77,6 +77,19 @@ public static void RenameItemInProjectChecked(string projectPath, string itemTyp
             if (item == null)
                 return;
 
+            // Check if the found item include already matches the new path
+            var glob = MSBuildGlob.Parse(item.Include);
+            if (glob.IsMatch(normalizedNewInclude))
+                return;
+
+            // Otherwise, if the item include uses globbing it's better to add a new item instead of modifying
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(glob.WildcardDirectoryPart) || glob.FilenamePart.Contains("*"))
+            {
+                root.AddItem(itemType, normalizedNewInclude.RelativeToPath(dir).Replace("/", "\\"));
+                root.Save();
+                return;
+            }
+
             item.Include = normalizedNewInclude.RelativeToPath(dir).Replace("/", "\\");
             root.Save();
         }
@@ -315,7 +328,7 @@ void RemoveElements(IEnumerable<ProjectElement> elements)
 
             // Godot API References
 
-            var apiAssemblies = new[] {ApiAssemblyNames.Core, ApiAssemblyNames.Editor};
+            var apiAssemblies = new[] { ApiAssemblyNames.Core, ApiAssemblyNames.Editor };
 
             RemoveElements(root.ItemGroups.SelectMany(g => g.Items)
                 .Where(i => i.ItemType == "Reference" && apiAssemblies.Contains(i.Include)));