diff --git a/cmd/metacache-entries.go b/cmd/metacache-entries.go
index 0c39897128b06..94f274c9ac642 100644
--- a/cmd/metacache-entries.go
+++ b/cmd/metacache-entries.go
@@ -749,9 +749,10 @@ func mergeEntryChannels(ctx context.Context, in []chan metaCacheEntry, out chan<
 					continue
 				}
 
-				if !dirMatches && !suffixMatches {
-					// We have an object `name` and a directory `name/`.
+				if !dirMatches {
+					// We have an object `name` or 'name/' and a directory `name/`.
 					if other.isDir() {
+						console.Debugln("mergeEntryChannels: discarding directory", other.name, "for object", best.name)
 						// Discard the directory.
 						if err := selectFrom(otherIdx); err != nil {
 							return err
@@ -759,12 +760,13 @@ func mergeEntryChannels(ctx context.Context, in []chan metaCacheEntry, out chan<
 						continue
 					}
 					// Replace directory with object.
+					console.Debugln("mergeEntryChannels: discarding directory", best.name, "for object", other.name)
 					toMerge = toMerge[:0]
 					best = other
 					bestIdx = otherIdx
 					continue
 				}
-				// Return as separate entries.
+				// Leave it to be resolved. Names are different.
 			}
 			if best.name > other.name {
 				toMerge = toMerge[:0]
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f76de0e60c532..d321361d70a92 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1
 	github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.golang v1.4.3
 	github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v7 v7.17.10
-	github.com/fatih/color v1.16.0
+	github.com/fatih/color v1.17.0
 	github.com/felixge/fgprof v0.9.4
 	github.com/fraugster/parquet-go v0.12.0
 	github.com/go-ldap/ldap/v3 v3.4.8
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b32991a6f14d4..8b339a9a2299a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.4/go.mod h1:6rpuAdCZL397s3pYoYcLgu1m
 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v0.1.0/go.mod h1:iSmxcyjqTsJpI2R4NaDN7+kN2VEUnK/pcBlmesArF7c=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0/go.mod h1:Zm6kSWBoL9eyXnKyktHP6abPY2pDugNf5KwzbycvMj4=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.9.0/go.mod h1:eQcE1qtQxscV5RaZvpXrrb8Drkc3/DdQ+uUYCNjL+zU=
-github.com/fatih/color v1.16.0 h1:zmkK9Ngbjj+K0yRhTVONQh1p/HknKYSlNT+vZCzyokM=
-github.com/fatih/color v1.16.0/go.mod h1:fL2Sau1YI5c0pdGEVCbKQbLXB6edEj1ZgiY4NijnWvE=
+github.com/fatih/color v1.17.0 h1:GlRw1BRJxkpqUCBKzKOw098ed57fEsKeNjpTe3cSjK4=
+github.com/fatih/color v1.17.0/go.mod h1:YZ7TlrGPkiz6ku9fK3TLD/pl3CpsiFyu8N92HLgmosI=
 github.com/fatih/structs v1.1.0 h1:Q7juDM0QtcnhCpeyLGQKyg4TOIghuNXrkL32pHAUMxo=
 github.com/fatih/structs v1.1.0/go.mod h1:9NiDSp5zOcgEDl+j00MP/WkGVPOlPRLejGD8Ga6PJ7M=
 github.com/felixge/fgprof v0.9.4 h1:ocDNwMFlnA0NU0zSB3I52xkO4sFXk80VK9lXjLClu88=