diff --git a/attachments/.htaccess b/attachments/.htaccess
index e0b49ce1..8d945254 100644
--- a/attachments/.htaccess
+++ b/attachments/.htaccess
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ AddHandler cgi-script .php .php2 .php3 .php4 .php5 .php6 .php7 .php8 .php9 .pl .
 
 Options -ExecCGI -Indexes
 
-#grant access only if uploading a word-processing or image format
-  <FilesMatch "(?i)\.(pdf|docx?|rtf|odt?g?|txt|wpd|jpe?g|png|csv|xlsx?|ppt|msg|heic|tiff?|html?|bmp|wps|xps)$">
+#grant access only if files with specific extensions are uploaded
+  <FilesMatch "(?i)\.(bmp|csv|doc|docx|heic|html|jpeg|jpg|msg|odg|odt|pages|pdf|png|ppt|pptx|rtf|tiff|wpd|wps|xls|xlsx|xps)$">
     Require all granted
   </FilesMatch>
diff --git a/upload/.htaccess b/upload/.htaccess
index cac0ec05..7ba582f1 100644
--- a/upload/.htaccess
+++ b/upload/.htaccess
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ AddHandler cgi-script .php .php2 .php3 .php4 .php5 .php6 .php7 .php8 .php9 .pl .
 
 Options -ExecCGI -Indexes
 
-#grant access only if uploading a word-processing or image format
-  <FilesMatch "(?i)\.(pdf|docx?|rtf|odt?g?|txt|wpd|jpe?g|png|csv|xlsx?|ppt|msg|heic|tiff?|html?|bmp|wps|xps)$">
+#grant access only if files with specific extensions are uploaded
+  <FilesMatch "(?i)\.(bmp|csv|doc|docx|heic|html|jpeg|jpg|msg|odg|odt|pages|pdf|png|ppt|pptx|rtf|tiff|wpd|wps|xls|xlsx|xps)$">
     Require all granted
   </FilesMatch>