diff --git a/packages/xpub-faraday/config/upload-validations.js b/packages/xpub-faraday/config/upload-validations.js
index 79f682e7416efb192c78574e39b13600fd4d473d..b96273bb102149b4e48d223a601698447e2b9b4d 100644
--- a/packages/xpub-faraday/config/upload-validations.js
+++ b/packages/xpub-faraday/config/upload-validations.js
@@ -6,22 +6,26 @@ module.exports = {
       'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document',
       'application/pdf',
       'application/msword',
+      'application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.tex',
+      'application/rdf+xml',
     ])
-    .error(new Error('Only Word documents and PDFs are allowed')),
+    .error(new Error('Document type is not allowed.')),
   supplementary: Joi.any(),
   coverLetter: Joi.any()
     .valid([
       'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document',
       'application/pdf',
       'application/msword',
+      'application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.tex',
+      'application/rdf+xml',
     ])
-    .error(new Error('Only Word documents and PDFs are allowed')),
+    .error(new Error('Document type is not allowed.')),
   responseToReviewers: Joi.any()
     .valid([
       'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document',
       'application/pdf',
       'application/msword',
     ])
-    .error(new Error('Only Word documents and PDFs are allowed')),
+    .error(new Error('Document type is not allowed.')),
   review: Joi.any(),
 }