diff --git a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
index 1f4858826f..a8689524db 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
@@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@
             ]
         },
         "reference_loader": {
-            "namespace": "{asset_name}_{subset}",
+            "namespace": "{asset_name}_{subset}_##",
             "group_name": "_GRP"
         }
     },