diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/2101.fixed.md b/doc/changelog.d/2101.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3fa1276d4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/2101.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Change ``iterdir()`` for ``rglob('*')``
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diff --git a/src/ansys/geometry/core/modeler.py b/src/ansys/geometry/core/modeler.py
index 03ce400ded..ec849cbb62 100644
--- a/src/ansys/geometry/core/modeler.py
+++ b/src/ansys/geometry/core/modeler.py
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ def open_file(
                 ext in str(file_path) for ext in [".CATProduct", ".asm", ".solution", ".sldasm"]
             ):
                 dir = fp_path.parent
-                for file in dir.iterdir():
+                for file in dir.rglob("*"):
                     full_path = file.resolve()
                     if full_path != fp_path:
                         if full_path.stat().st_size < pygeom_defaults.MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH: