diff --git a/vbos/datasets/migrations/0017_alter_rasterfile_file.py b/vbos/datasets/migrations/0017_alter_rasterfile_file.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb7c2ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vbos/datasets/migrations/0017_alter_rasterfile_file.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.2.5 on 2025-10-31 04:45
+
+import django.core.validators
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("datasets", "0016_alter_rasterdataset_unique_together_and_more"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="rasterfile",
+            name="file",
+            field=models.FileField(
+                unique=True,
+                upload_to="staging/raster/",
+                validators=[
+                    django.core.validators.FileExtensionValidator(
+                        allowed_extensions=["tiff", "tif", "geotiff", "gtiff", "vrt"]
+                    )
+                ],
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/vbos/datasets/models.py b/vbos/datasets/models.py
index 92f864c..476ffe6 100644
--- a/vbos/datasets/models.py
+++ b/vbos/datasets/models.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class RasterFile(models.Model):
         unique=True,
         validators=[
             FileExtensionValidator(
-                allowed_extensions=["tiff", "tif", "geotiff", "gtiff"]
+                allowed_extensions=["tiff", "tif", "geotiff", "gtiff", "vrt"]
             )
         ],
     )