diff --git a/backend/src/app/media.clj b/backend/src/app/media.clj
index 13219f23a4..42a4c9f48f 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/media.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/media.clj
@@ -185,8 +185,9 @@
 ;; --- Utility functions
 
 (defn validate-media-type
-  [media-type]
-  (when-not (cm/valid-media-types media-type)
-    (ex/raise :type :validation
-              :code :media-type-not-allowed
-              :hint "Seems like you are uploading an invalid media object")))
+  ([mtype] (validate-media-type mtype cm/valid-media-types))
+  ([mtype allowed]
+   (when-not (contains? allowed mtype)
+     (ex/raise :type :validation
+               :code :media-type-not-allowed
+               :hint "Seems like you are uploading an invalid media object"))))
diff --git a/backend/src/app/rpc/mutations/profile.clj b/backend/src/app/rpc/mutations/profile.clj
index 055a225cf4..18916fc198 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/rpc/mutations/profile.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/rpc/mutations/profile.clj
@@ -382,8 +382,8 @@
 
 (sv/defmethod ::update-profile-photo
   [{:keys [pool storage] :as cfg} {:keys [profile-id file] :as params}]
-  (media/validate-media-type (:content-type file))
   (db/with-atomic [conn pool]
+    (media/validate-media-type (:content-type file) #{"image/jpeg" "image/png" "image/webp"})
     (let [profile (db/get-by-id conn :profile profile-id)
           _       (media/run cfg {:cmd :info :input {:path (:tempfile file)
                                                      :mtype (:content-type file)}})
diff --git a/backend/src/app/rpc/mutations/teams.clj b/backend/src/app/rpc/mutations/teams.clj
index b7a8eaaa25..fd8f75576d 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/rpc/mutations/teams.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/rpc/mutations/teams.clj
@@ -252,9 +252,10 @@
 
 (sv/defmethod ::update-team-photo
   [{:keys [pool storage] :as cfg} {:keys [profile-id file team-id] :as params}]
-  (media/validate-media-type (:content-type file))
   (db/with-atomic [conn pool]
     (teams/check-edition-permissions! conn profile-id team-id)
+    (media/validate-media-type (:content-type file) #{"image/jpeg" "image/png" "image/webp"})
+
     (let [team    (teams/retrieve-team conn profile-id team-id)
           _       (media/run cfg {:cmd :info :input {:path (:tempfile file)
                                                      :mtype (:content-type file)}})