diff --git a/app/server/appsmith-git/src/main/java/com/appsmith/git/helpers/FileUtilsImpl.java b/app/server/appsmith-git/src/main/java/com/appsmith/git/helpers/FileUtilsImpl.java
index c4321e15f8..f3baf7fc98 100644
--- a/app/server/appsmith-git/src/main/java/com/appsmith/git/helpers/FileUtilsImpl.java
+++ b/app/server/appsmith-git/src/main/java/com/appsmith/git/helpers/FileUtilsImpl.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public class FileUtilsImpl implements FileInterface {
     private static final String VIEW_MODE_URL_TEMPLATE = "{{viewModeUrl}}";
 
     private static final Pattern ALLOWED_FILE_EXTENSION_PATTERN =
-            Pattern.compile("(.*?)\\.(md|git|gitignore|yml|yaml)$");
+            Pattern.compile("(.*?)\\.(md|MD|git|gitignore|github|yml|yaml)$");
 
     private final Scheduler scheduler = Schedulers.boundedElastic();