diff --git a/packages/providence-analytics/src/cli/cli-helpers.js b/packages/providence-analytics/src/cli/cli-helpers.js
index ff38a528f..ef868d9e7 100644
--- a/packages/providence-analytics/src/cli/cli-helpers.js
+++ b/packages/providence-analytics/src/cli/cli-helpers.js
@@ -113,7 +113,13 @@ function targetDefault() {
 async function appendProjectDependencyPaths(rootPaths, matchPattern, modes = ['npm', 'bower']) {
   let matchFn;
   if (matchPattern) {
-    matchFn = (_, d) => new RegExp(matchPattern).test(d);
+    if (matchPattern.startsWith('/') && matchPattern.endsWith('/')) {
+      matchFn = (_, d) => new RegExp(matchPattern.slice(1, -1)).test(d);
+    } else {
+      LogService.error(
+        `[appendProjectDependencyPaths] Please provide a matchPattern enclosed by '/'. Found: ${matchPattern}`,
+      );
+    }
   }
   const depProjectPaths = [];
   await aForEach(rootPaths, async targetPath => {
diff --git a/packages/providence-analytics/src/cli/cli.js b/packages/providence-analytics/src/cli/cli.js
index db5bf6986..ab9648c1a 100755
--- a/packages/providence-analytics/src/cli/cli.js
+++ b/packages/providence-analytics/src/cli/cli.js
@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@ async function cli({ cwd } = {}) {
      * @type {string[]}
      */
     let totalSearchTargets;
-    if (commander.includeTargetDeps) {
+    if (commander.targetDependencies !== undefined) {
       totalSearchTargets = await cliHelpers.appendProjectDependencyPaths(
         searchTargetPaths,
-        commander.targetDepsFilter,
+        commander.targetDependencies,
       );
     } else {
       totalSearchTargets = searchTargetPaths;
@@ -195,14 +195,12 @@ async function cli({ cwd } = {}) {
     )
     .option('--write-log-file', `Writes all logs to 'providence.log' file`)
     .option(
-      '--include-target-deps',
+      '--target-dependencies [target-dependencies]',
       `For all search targets, will include all its dependencies
-    (node_modules and bower_components). When --target-deps-filter is applied, a subset
-    will be applied that matches the filter condition`,
-    )
-    .option(
-      '--target-deps-filter [target-deps-filter]',
-      `Regex condition to be applied to dependencies of search targets.`,
+    (node_modules and bower_components). When --target-dependencies is applied
+    without argument, it will act as boolean and include all dependencies.
+    When a regex is supplied like --target-dependencies /^my-brand-/, it will filter
+    all packages that comply with the regex`,
     );
 
   commander
diff --git a/packages/providence-analytics/test-node/cli/cli.test.js b/packages/providence-analytics/test-node/cli/cli.test.js
index 1b5c79caa..2454ed9dc 100644
--- a/packages/providence-analytics/test-node/cli/cli.test.js
+++ b/packages/providence-analytics/test-node/cli/cli.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const sinon = require('sinon');
 const pathLib = require('path');
 const { expect } = require('chai');
+const commander = require('commander');
 const {
   mockProject,
   restoreMockedProjects,
@@ -27,6 +28,9 @@ const {
   appendProjectDependencyPaths,
 } = cliHelpersModule;
 
+// Prevent (node:2860) MaxListenersExceededWarning
+commander.setMaxListeners(100);
+
 const queryResults = [];
 const rootDir = pathLib.resolve(__dirname, '../../');
 
@@ -260,14 +264,14 @@ describe('Providence CLI', () => {
       expect(providenceStub.args[0][1].writeLogFile).to.equal(true);
     });
 
-    it('--include-target-deps"', async () => {
+    it('--target-dependencies"', async () => {
       await runCli(`${analyzeCmd}`, rootDir);
       expect(appendProjectDependencyPathsStub.called).to.be.false;
 
       appendProjectDependencyPathsStub.resetHistory();
       providenceStub.resetHistory();
 
-      await runCli(`${analyzeCmd} --include-target-deps`, rootDir);
+      await runCli(`${analyzeCmd} --target-dependencies`, rootDir);
       expect(appendProjectDependencyPathsStub.called).to.be.true;
       expect(providenceStub.args[0][1].targetProjectPaths).to.eql([
         '/mocked/path/example-project',
@@ -276,9 +280,9 @@ describe('Providence CLI', () => {
       ]);
     });
 
-    it('--target-deps-filter"', async () => {
-      await runCli(`${analyzeCmd} --include-target-deps --target-deps-filter ^mock-`, rootDir);
-      expect(appendProjectDependencyPathsStub.args[0][1]).to.equal('^mock-');
+    it('--target-dependencies /^with-regex/"', async () => {
+      await runCli(`${analyzeCmd} --target-dependencies /^mock-/`, rootDir);
+      expect(appendProjectDependencyPathsStub.args[0][1]).to.equal('/^mock-/');
     });
   });
 
@@ -464,7 +468,7 @@ describe('CLI helpers', () => {
     });
 
     it('allows a regex filter', async () => {
-      const result = await appendProjectDependencyPaths(['/mocked/path/example-project'], 'b$');
+      const result = await appendProjectDependencyPaths(['/mocked/path/example-project'], '/b$/');
       expect(result).to.eql([
         '/mocked/path/example-project/bower_components/dependency-b',
         '/mocked/path/example-project',