diff --git a/pype/plugins/houdini/publish/extract_alembic.py b/pype/plugins/houdini/publish/extract_alembic.py
index 4910c45aca..a71b85c529 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/houdini/publish/extract_alembic.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/houdini/publish/extract_alembic.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class ExtractAlembic(pype.api.Extractor):
 
         representation = {
             'name': 'abc',
-            'ext': '.abc',
+            'ext': 'abc',
             'files': file_name,
             "stagingDir": staging_dir,
         }
diff --git a/pype/plugins/houdini/publish/extract_vdb_cache.py b/pype/plugins/houdini/publish/extract_vdb_cache.py
index 29686ef2fd..c56a4dd73a 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/houdini/publish/extract_vdb_cache.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/houdini/publish/extract_vdb_cache.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class ExtractVDBCache(pype.api.Extractor):
 
         representation = {
             'name': 'mov',
-            'ext': '.mov',
+            'ext': 'mov',
             'files': output,
             "stagingDir": staging_dir,
         }