diff --git a/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/extract_rop.py b/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/extract_rop.py
index 37e45e68d5..784a4f161d 100644
--- a/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/extract_rop.py
+++ b/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/extract_rop.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class ExtractROP(plugin.HoudiniExtractorPlugin):
                 ".ass.gz", ".bgeo.sc", ".bgeo.gz",
                 ".bgeo.lzma", ".bgeo.bz2"]
         )
+        ext = ext.lstrip(".")
 
         render_rop(rop_node)
         self.validate_expected_frames(instance)