diff --git a/app/client/src/utils/autocomplete/EntityDefinitions.ts b/app/client/src/utils/autocomplete/EntityDefinitions.ts
index 35baedfbfe..d236c69906 100644
--- a/app/client/src/utils/autocomplete/EntityDefinitions.ts
+++ b/app/client/src/utils/autocomplete/EntityDefinitions.ts
@@ -610,6 +610,7 @@ export const GLOBAL_DEFS = {
   },
   file: {
     data: "string",
+    dataFormat: "string",
     name: "text",
     type: "file",
   },
diff --git a/app/client/src/widgets/FilePickerWidgetV2/widget/index.tsx b/app/client/src/widgets/FilePickerWidgetV2/widget/index.tsx
index bda82711d4..cc2f97622d 100644
--- a/app/client/src/widgets/FilePickerWidgetV2/widget/index.tsx
+++ b/app/client/src/widgets/FilePickerWidgetV2/widget/index.tsx
@@ -366,6 +366,7 @@ class FilePickerWidget extends BaseWidget<
                 data: reader.result,
                 name: file.meta ? file.meta.name : `File-${index + fileCount}`,
                 size: file.size,
+                dataFormat: this.props.fileDataType,
               };
               resolve(newFile);
             };
@@ -377,6 +378,7 @@ class FilePickerWidget extends BaseWidget<
               data: data,
               name: file.meta ? file.meta.name : `File-${index + fileCount}`,
               size: file.size,
+              dataFormat: this.props.fileDataType,
             };
             resolve(newFile);
           }