diff --git a/src/node_dotenv.cc b/src/node_dotenv.cc
index a704f8a099d94d..8a552c2928087d 100644
--- a/src/node_dotenv.cc
+++ b/src/node_dotenv.cc
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ std::vector<std::string> Dotenv::GetPathFromArgs(
       paths.push_back(arg.substr(11));  // Directly extract the path
     } else if (arg == "--env-file" && i + 1 < args.size()) {
       paths.push_back(args[++i]);  // Advance to the next argument
-    } else if (arg[1] != '-') {
+    } else if (arg.length() == 2 && arg[1] != '-') {
       ++i;  // Skip short argument values (like `-e <...>`)
     }
   }
diff --git a/test/cctest/test_dotenv.cc b/test/cctest/test_dotenv.cc
index bafbf171cc0d99..fb3c50e1a38582 100644
--- a/test/cctest/test_dotenv.cc
+++ b/test/cctest/test_dotenv.cc
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ using node::Dotenv;
     ASSERT_EQ(check_result.size(), expected.size());                           \
     for (size_t i = 0; i < check_result.size(); ++i) {                         \
       EXPECT_EQ(check_result[i], expected[i]);                                 \
-    }
+    }                                                                          \
+  }
 
 TEST(Dotenv, GetPathFromArgs) {
   CHECK_DOTENV(({"node", "--env-file=.env"}),
@@ -31,4 +32,10 @@ TEST(Dotenv, GetPathFromArgs) {
 
   CHECK_DOTENV(({"node", "-e", "...", "--env-file=after.env"}),
                (std::vector<std::string>{"after.env"}));
+
+  CHECK_DOTENV(({"node", "-too_long", "--env-file=.env"}),
+               (std::vector<std::string>{".env"}));
+
+  CHECK_DOTENV(({"node", "-", "--env-file=.env"}),
+               (std::vector<std::string>{".env"}));
 }