diff --git a/SOURCES/nodejs.req b/SOURCES/nodejs.req
index 129606b..c89a3f7 100755
--- a/SOURCES/nodejs.req
+++ b/SOURCES/nodejs.req
@@ -633,9 +633,9 @@ def has_only_bundled_dependencies(module_dir_path):
             for basename in os.listdir(dependency_root_path)
         )
         bundled_dependency_iter = (
-            os.path.realpath(path)
+            path
             for path in dependency_path_iter
-            if not os.path.islink(path) or path.startswith(module_root_path)
+            if not os.path.islink(path) or os.path.realpath(path).startswith(module_root_path)
         )
 
         return any(bundled_dependency_iter)
diff --git a/SPECS/nodejs-packaging.spec b/SPECS/nodejs-packaging.spec
index dacd509..29862eb 100644
--- a/SPECS/nodejs-packaging.spec
+++ b/SPECS/nodejs-packaging.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:           nodejs-packaging
 Version:        2021.06
-Release:        4%{?dist}
+Release:        5%{?dist}
 Summary:        RPM Macros and Utilities for Node.js Packaging
 BuildArch:      noarch
 License:        MIT
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ install -Dpm0755 nodejs-packaging-bundler %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/nodejs-packagin
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Oct 17 2025 Andrei Radchenko <aradchen@redhat.com> - 2021.06-5
+- nodejs.req properly detect bundled deps
+
 * Thu Jan 20 2022 Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh@redhat.com> - 2021.06-4
 - NPM bundler: also find namespaced bundled dependencies