diff --git a/agent_api/src/main/java/dev/aikido/agent_api/vulnerabilities/path_traversal/PathTraversalDetector.java b/agent_api/src/main/java/dev/aikido/agent_api/vulnerabilities/path_traversal/PathTraversalDetector.java
index 5103b45b..acf1abf9 100644
--- a/agent_api/src/main/java/dev/aikido/agent_api/vulnerabilities/path_traversal/PathTraversalDetector.java
+++ b/agent_api/src/main/java/dev/aikido/agent_api/vulnerabilities/path_traversal/PathTraversalDetector.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public DetectorResult run(String userInput, String[] arguments) {
             // Ignore cases where the user input is longer than the file path.
             return new DetectorResult();
         }
-        if (!filePath.contains(userInput)) {
+        if (!filePath.toLowerCase().contains(userInput.toLowerCase())) {
             // Ignore cases where the user input is not part of the file path.
             return new DetectorResult();
         }
diff --git a/agent_api/src/test/java/vulnerabilities/path_traversal/PathTraversalDetectorTest.java b/agent_api/src/test/java/vulnerabilities/path_traversal/PathTraversalDetectorTest.java
index 514a019f..b8931c57 100644
--- a/agent_api/src/test/java/vulnerabilities/path_traversal/PathTraversalDetectorTest.java
+++ b/agent_api/src/test/java/vulnerabilities/path_traversal/PathTraversalDetectorTest.java
@@ -210,4 +210,11 @@ public void testUserInputWithEmptyFilePath() {
     public void testUserInputWithFilePathContainingSpaces() {
         assertNotAttack(PathTraversalDetector.INSTANCE.run("test file", new String[]{"directory/test file.txt"}));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCaseInsensitiveContainmentDetectsTraversal() {
+        assertAttack(PathTraversalDetector.INSTANCE.run("/ETC/passwd", new String[]{"/etc/passwd"}));
+        assertAttack(PathTraversalDetector.INSTANCE.run("/ETC/PASSWD", new String[]{"/etc/passwd"}));
+        assertAttack(PathTraversalDetector.INSTANCE.run("/HOME/USER/file.txt", new String[]{"/home/user/file.txt"}));
+    }
 }