diff --git a/deny.toml b/deny.toml
index 68a7ee27d..aaabb1af3 100644
--- a/deny.toml
+++ b/deny.toml
@@ -72,7 +72,11 @@ yanked = "warn"
 # A list of advisory IDs to ignore. Note that ignored advisories will still
 # output a note when they are encountered.
 ignore = [
-  #"RUSTSEC-0000-0000",
+  # time v0.3.44 stack overflow in format description parsing (via plist).
+  # Cannot upgrade to >=0.3.47 because it requires Rust 1.88 (edition 2024),
+  # which is above the current MSRV (1.83). Low risk for eza since time
+  # parsing input is not user-controlled. Will be resolved when MSRV is bumped.
+  "RUSTSEC-2026-0009",
 ]
 # Threshold for security vulnerabilities, any vulnerability with a CVSS score
 # lower than the range specified will be ignored. Note that ignored advisories
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 7b2ac3701..2fef5c58f 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 use std::env;
 use std::ffi::{OsStr, OsString};
 use std::io::{self, ErrorKind, IsTerminal, Read, Write, stdin};
-use std::path::{Component, PathBuf};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::process::exit;
 
 use nu_ansi_term::{AnsiStrings as ANSIStrings, Style};
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ impl Exa<'_> {
         self.options.filter.filter_argument_files(&mut files);
         self.print_files(None, files)?;
 
-        self.print_dirs(dirs, no_files, is_only_dir, exit_status)
+        self.print_dirs(dirs, no_files, is_only_dir, exit_status, 0)
     }
 
     fn print_dirs(
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ impl Exa<'_> {
         mut first: bool,
         is_only_dir: bool,
         exit_status: i32,
+        depth: usize,
     ) -> io::Result<i32> {
         let View {
             file_style: file_name::Options { quote_style, .. },
@@ -340,14 +341,9 @@ impl Exa<'_> {
             self.options.filter.sort_files(&mut children);
 
             if let Some(recurse_opts) = self.options.dir_action.recurse_options() {
-                let depth = dir
-                    .path
-                    .components()
-                    .filter(|&c| c != Component::CurDir)
-                    .count()
-                    + 1;
+                let child_depth = depth + 1;
                 let follow_links = self.options.view.follow_links;
-                if !recurse_opts.tree && !recurse_opts.is_too_deep(depth) {
+                if !recurse_opts.tree && !recurse_opts.is_too_deep(child_depth) {
                     let child_dirs = children
                         .iter()
                         .filter(|f| {
@@ -361,7 +357,7 @@ impl Exa<'_> {
                         .collect::<Vec<Dir>>();
 
                     self.print_files(Some(dir), children)?;
-                    match self.print_dirs(child_dirs, false, false, exit_status) {
+                    match self.print_dirs(child_dirs, false, false, exit_status, child_depth) {
                         Ok(_) => (),
                         Err(e) => return Err(e),
                     }
diff --git a/tests/cmd/recurse_level_with_path_unix.stderr b/tests/cmd/recurse_level_with_path_unix.stderr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/tests/cmd/recurse_level_with_path_unix.stdout b/tests/cmd/recurse_level_with_path_unix.stdout
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d954b4624
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cmd/recurse_level_with_path_unix.stdout
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+a
+b
+c
+d
+dir-symlink -> vagrant/debug
+e
+exa
+f
+g
+h
+i
+image.jpg.img.c.rs.log.png
+index.svg
+j
+k
+l
+m
+n
+o
+p
+q
+vagrant
+
+tests/itest/exa:
+file.c -> djihisudjuhfius
+sssssssssssssssssssssssssggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
+
+tests/itest/vagrant:
+debug
+dev
+log
diff --git a/tests/cmd/recurse_level_with_path_unix.toml b/tests/cmd/recurse_level_with_path_unix.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a95089c99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cmd/recurse_level_with_path_unix.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bin.name = "eza"
+args = "-R --level=2 tests/itest"
diff --git a/tests/gen/long_recurse_with_level_unix.toml b/tests/gen/long_recurse_with_level_unix.toml
index 602667c23..732b23d59 100644
--- a/tests/gen/long_recurse_with_level_unix.toml
+++ b/tests/gen/long_recurse_with_level_unix.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 bin.name = "eza"
-args = "tests/test_dir --long --no-user --no-permissions --no-time --no-filesize --recurse --level 2"
+args = "tests/test_dir --long --no-user --no-permissions --no-time --no-filesize --recurse --level 1"