diff --git a/pype/plugins/global/publish/submit_publish_job.py b/pype/plugins/global/publish/submit_publish_job.py
index b6d62a8fd1..dd9e84aade 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/global/publish/submit_publish_job.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/global/publish/submit_publish_job.py
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ class ProcessSubmittedJobOnFarm(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
                 # but we really expect only one collection.
                 # Nothing else make sense.
                 assert len(cols) == 1, "only one image sequence type is expected"  # noqa: E501
-                _, ext = os.path.splitext(cols[0].tail)
+                ext = cols[0].tail.lstrip(".")
                 col = list(cols[0])
 
             self.log.debug(col)
diff --git a/pype/plugins/maya/publish/submit_maya_deadline.py b/pype/plugins/maya/publish/submit_maya_deadline.py
index 74185164b1..7fe20c779d 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/maya/publish/submit_maya_deadline.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/maya/publish/submit_maya_deadline.py
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ class MayaSubmitDeadline(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
                     payload['JobInfo']['OutputFilename' + str(exp_index)] = rem[0]  # noqa: E501
                     output_file = rem[0]
                 else:
-                    output_file = col.format('{head}{padding}{tail}')
+                    output_file = col[0].format('{head}{padding}{tail}')
                     payload['JobInfo']['OutputFilename' + str(exp_index)] = output_file  # noqa: E501
                 output_filenames[exp_index] = output_file
                 exp_index += 1
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ class MayaSubmitDeadline(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
                                        "with them.")
                 payload['JobInfo']['OutputFilename' + str(exp_index)] = rem[0]  # noqa: E501
             else:
-                output_file = col.format('{head}{padding}{tail}')
+                output_file = col[0].format('{head}{padding}{tail}')
                 payload['JobInfo']['OutputFilename' + str(exp_index)] = output_file  # noqa: E501
 
         plugin = payload["JobInfo"]["Plugin"]