diff --git a/authentik/blueprints/v1/tasks.py b/authentik/blueprints/v1/tasks.py
index 8ff86c996..766124ef2 100644
--- a/authentik/blueprints/v1/tasks.py
+++ b/authentik/blueprints/v1/tasks.py
@@ -62,7 +62,12 @@ def start_blueprint_watcher():
     if _file_watcher_started:
         return
     observer = Observer()
-    observer.schedule(BlueprintEventHandler(), CONFIG.get("blueprints_dir"), recursive=True)
+    observer.schedule(
+        BlueprintEventHandler(),
+        CONFIG.get("blueprints_dir"),
+        recursive=True,
+        event_filter=(FileCreatedEvent, FileModifiedEvent),
+    )
     observer.start()
     _file_watcher_started = True
 
@@ -70,21 +75,29 @@ def start_blueprint_watcher():
 class BlueprintEventHandler(FileSystemEventHandler):
     """Event handler for blueprint events"""
 
-    def on_any_event(self, event: FileSystemEvent):
-        if not isinstance(event, (FileCreatedEvent, FileModifiedEvent)):
-            return
+    # We only ever get creation and modification events.
+    # See the creation of the Observer instance above for the event filtering.
+
+    # Even though we filter to only get file events, we might still get
+    # directory events as some implementations such as inotify do not support
+    # filtering on file/directory.
+
+    def dispatch(self, event: FileSystemEvent) -> None:
         if event.is_directory:
-            return
-        if isinstance(event, FileCreatedEvent):
-            LOGGER.debug("new blueprint file created, starting discovery")
-            blueprints_discovery.delay()
-        if isinstance(event, FileModifiedEvent):
-            path = Path(event.src_path)
-            root = Path(CONFIG.get("blueprints_dir")).absolute()
-            rel_path = str(path.relative_to(root))
-            for instance in BlueprintInstance.objects.filter(path=rel_path, enabled=True):
-                LOGGER.debug("modified blueprint file, starting apply", instance=instance)
-                apply_blueprint.delay(instance.pk.hex)
+            return None
+        return super().dispatch(event)
+
+    def on_created(self, event: FileSystemEvent):
+        LOGGER.debug("new blueprint file created, starting discovery")
+        blueprints_discovery.delay()
+
+    def on_modified(self, event: FileSystemEvent):
+        path = Path(event.src_path)
+        root = Path(CONFIG.get("blueprints_dir")).absolute()
+        rel_path = str(path.relative_to(root))
+        for instance in BlueprintInstance.objects.filter(path=rel_path, enabled=True):
+            LOGGER.debug("modified blueprint file, starting apply", instance=instance)
+            apply_blueprint.delay(instance.pk.hex)
 
 
 @CELERY_APP.task(