diff --git a/backend/danswer/server/query_and_chat/chat_backend.py b/backend/danswer/server/query_and_chat/chat_backend.py
index 646660c9fa..e4172b8c6b 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/server/query_and_chat/chat_backend.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/server/query_and_chat/chat_backend.py
@@ -484,6 +484,7 @@ def upload_files_for_chat(
         "text/tab-separated-values",
         "application/json",
         "application/xml",
+        "text/xml",
         "application/x-yaml",
     }
     document_content_types = {