diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_proxy_abc.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_proxy_abc.py
index f348712d7c..aa2a4b783c 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_proxy_abc.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_proxy_abc.py
@@ -97,14 +97,17 @@ class ExtractProxyAlembic(publish.Extractor):
                                                  end=end))
 
         inst_selection = cmds.ls(nodes, long=True)
-        cmds.geomToBBox(inst_selection,
-                        nameSuffix=name_suffix,
-                        keepOriginal=True,
-                        single=False,
-                        bakeAnimation=True,
-                        startTime=start,
-                        endTime=end)
-        bbox_sel = cmds.ls(sl=True, long=True)
-
+        bbox = cmds.geomToBBox(inst_selection,
+                               nameSuffix=name_suffix,
+                               keepOriginal=True,
+                               single=False,
+                               bakeAnimation=True,
+                               startTime=start,
+                               endTime=end)
+        #TODO: fix the scale or disparenting for the group
+        # bbox_sel = cmds.listRelatives(bbox, parent=True)
+        # cmds.ls(bbox_sel, long=True)
+        master_group = cmds.group(name="bbox_grp")
+        bbox_sel = cmds.ls(master_group, long=True)
         self.log.debug("proxy_root: {}".format(bbox_sel))
         return bbox_sel