diff --git a/pype/plugins/maya/publish/extract_camera_alembic.py b/pype/plugins/maya/publish/extract_camera_alembic.py
index c61ec5e19e..c03fd44802 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/maya/publish/extract_camera_alembic.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/maya/publish/extract_camera_alembic.py
@@ -26,7 +26,15 @@ class ExtractCameraAlembic(pype.api.Extractor):
         # get settings
         framerange = [instance.data.get("frameStart", 1),
                       instance.data.get("frameEnd", 1)]
-        handles = instance.data.get("handles", 0)
+        handle_start = instance.data.get("handleStart", 0)
+        handle_end = instance.data.get("handleEnd", 0)
+
+        # TODO: deprecated attribute "handles"
+
+        if handle_start is None:
+            handle_start = instance.data.get("handles", 0)
+            handle_end = instance.data.get("handles", 0)
+
         step = instance.data.get("step", 1.0)
         bake_to_worldspace = instance.data("bakeToWorldSpace", True)
 
@@ -55,8 +63,8 @@ class ExtractCameraAlembic(pype.api.Extractor):
 
             job_str = ' -selection -dataFormat "ogawa" '
             job_str += ' -attrPrefix cb'
-            job_str += ' -frameRange {0} {1} '.format(framerange[0] - handles,
-                                                      framerange[1] + handles)
+            job_str += ' -frameRange {0} {1} '.format(framerange[0] - handle_start,
+                                                      framerange[1] + handle_end)
             job_str += ' -step {0} '.format(step)
 
             if bake_to_worldspace:
diff --git a/pype/plugins/maya/publish/extract_camera_mayaScene.py b/pype/plugins/maya/publish/extract_camera_mayaScene.py
index 1a0f4694d1..6ddb76d479 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/maya/publish/extract_camera_mayaScene.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/maya/publish/extract_camera_mayaScene.py
@@ -107,7 +107,18 @@ class ExtractCameraMayaScene(pype.api.Extractor):
 
         framerange = [instance.data.get("frameStart", 1),
                       instance.data.get("frameEnd", 1)]
-        handles = instance.data.get("handles", 0)
+        handle_start = instance.data.get("handleStart", 0)
+        handle_end = instance.data.get("handleEnd", 0)
+
+        # TODO: deprecated attribute "handles"
+
+        if handle_start is None:
+            handle_start = instance.data.get("handles", 0)
+            handle_end = instance.data.get("handles", 0)
+
+        range_with_handles = [framerange[0] - handle_start,
+                              framerange[1] + handle_end]
+
         step = instance.data.get("step", 1.0)
         bake_to_worldspace = instance.data("bakeToWorldSpace", True)
 
@@ -121,9 +132,6 @@ class ExtractCameraMayaScene(pype.api.Extractor):
         cameras = cmds.ls(members, leaf=True, shapes=True, long=True,
                           dag=True, type="camera")
 
-        range_with_handles = [framerange[0] - handles,
-                              framerange[1] + handles]
-
         # validate required settings
         assert len(cameras) == 1, "Single camera must be found in extraction"
         assert isinstance(step, float), "Step must be a float value"