diff --git a/app/client/src/utils/autocomplete/EntityDefinitions.ts b/app/client/src/utils/autocomplete/EntityDefinitions.ts
index bf3641787e..af706aec92 100644
--- a/app/client/src/utils/autocomplete/EntityDefinitions.ts
+++ b/app/client/src/utils/autocomplete/EntityDefinitions.ts
@@ -254,8 +254,9 @@ export const GLOBAL_DEFS = {
     description: "string",
   },
   file: {
-    name: "text",
     data: "string",
+    name: "text",
+    type: "file",
   },
 };
 
diff --git a/app/client/src/widgets/FilepickerWidget.tsx b/app/client/src/widgets/FilepickerWidget.tsx
index e4b5e183e2..bdee6c2984 100644
--- a/app/client/src/widgets/FilepickerWidget.tsx
+++ b/app/client/src/widgets/FilepickerWidget.tsx
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ class FilePickerWidget extends BaseWidget<
       label: VALIDATION_TYPES.TEXT,
       maxNumFiles: VALIDATION_TYPES.NUMBER,
       allowedFileTypes: VALIDATION_TYPES.ARRAY,
-      files: VALIDATION_TYPES.ARRAY,
+      selectedFiles: VALIDATION_TYPES.ARRAY,
       isRequired: VALIDATION_TYPES.BOOLEAN,
       // onFilesSelected: VALIDATION_TYPES.ACTION_SELECTOR,
     };
@@ -206,13 +206,13 @@ class FilePickerWidget extends BaseWidget<
   static getDerivedPropertiesMap(): DerivedPropertiesMap {
     return {
       isValid: `{{ this.isRequired ? this.files.length > 0 : true }}`,
-      value: `{{this.files}}`,
+      files: `{{this.selectedFiles.map((file) => { return { ...file, data: this.fileDataType === "Base64" ? file.base64 : this.fileDataType === "Binary" ? file.raw : file.text } })}}`,
     };
   }
 
   static getMetaPropertiesMap(): Record<string, any> {
     return {
-      files: [],
+      selectedFiles: [],
       uploadedFileData: {},
     };
   }
@@ -317,8 +317,8 @@ class FilePickerWidget extends BaseWidget<
       });
 
     this.state.uppy.on("file-removed", (file: any) => {
-      const updatedFiles = this.props.files
-        ? this.props.files.filter((dslFile) => {
+      const updatedFiles = this.props.selectedFiles
+        ? this.props.selectedFiles.filter((dslFile) => {
             return file.id !== dslFile.id;
           })
         : [];
@@ -326,7 +326,9 @@ class FilePickerWidget extends BaseWidget<
     });
 
     this.state.uppy.on("files-added", (files: any[]) => {
-      const dslFiles = this.props.files ? [...this.props.files] : [];
+      const dslFiles = this.props.selectedFiles
+        ? [...this.props.selectedFiles]
+        : [];
 
       const fileReaderPromises = files.map((file) => {
         const reader = new FileReader();
@@ -343,9 +345,9 @@ class FilePickerWidget extends BaseWidget<
               textReader.onloadend = () => {
                 const text = textReader.result;
                 const newFile = {
+                  type: file.type,
                   id: file.id,
                   base64: base64data,
-                  blob: file.data,
                   raw: rawData,
                   text: text,
                   data:
@@ -365,7 +367,10 @@ class FilePickerWidget extends BaseWidget<
       });
 
       Promise.all(fileReaderPromises).then((files) => {
-        this.props.updateWidgetMetaProperty("files", dslFiles.concat(files));
+        this.props.updateWidgetMetaProperty(
+          "selectedFiles",
+          dslFiles.concat(files),
+        );
       });
     });
 
@@ -412,9 +417,9 @@ class FilePickerWidget extends BaseWidget<
   componentDidUpdate(prevProps: FilePickerWidgetProps) {
     super.componentDidUpdate(prevProps);
     if (
-      prevProps.files &&
-      prevProps.files.length > 0 &&
-      this.props.files === undefined
+      prevProps.selectedFiles &&
+      prevProps.selectedFiles.length > 0 &&
+      this.props.selectedFiles === undefined
     ) {
       this.state.uppy.reset();
     } else if (
@@ -443,7 +448,7 @@ class FilePickerWidget extends BaseWidget<
         widgetId={this.props.widgetId}
         key={this.props.widgetId}
         label={this.props.label}
-        files={this.props.files || []}
+        files={this.props.selectedFiles || []}
         isLoading={this.props.isLoading || this.state.isLoading}
         isDisabled={this.props.isDisabled}
       />
@@ -464,7 +469,7 @@ export interface FilePickerWidgetProps extends WidgetProps, WithMeta {
   label: string;
   maxNumFiles?: number;
   maxFileSize?: number;
-  files?: any[];
+  selectedFiles?: any[];
   allowedFileTypes: string[];
   onFilesSelected?: string;
   fileDataType?: FileDataTypes;