diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f020883e..c681953d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 ### Deprecated
 ### Removed
 ### Fixed
+
+- nodepool-builder: fixed the log path configuration when using the fluent bit log forwarder, resulting in much less file access errors appearing in fluent bit logs.
+
 ### Security
 
 ## [v0.0.26] - 2024-03-08
diff --git a/controllers/static/nodepool/fluentbit/fluent-bit.conf.tmpl b/controllers/static/nodepool/fluentbit/fluent-bit.conf.tmpl
index 7cc1260a..e24c0fe4 100644
--- a/controllers/static/nodepool/fluentbit/fluent-bit.conf.tmpl
+++ b/controllers/static/nodepool/fluentbit/fluent-bit.conf.tmpl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 [INPUT]
     name                tail
     tag                 ${K8S_NAMESPACE}.${K8S_NODENAME}.${K8S_PODNAME}.dib
-    path                /watch/logs/*
+    path                /watch/*/*.log
     path_key            full_path
     refresh_interval    5
     read_from_head      True