diff --git a/console/src/app/pages/domains/domain-verification/domain-verification.component.html b/console/src/app/pages/domains/domain-verification/domain-verification.component.html
index 8790d7201e..364bcb659f 100644
--- a/console/src/app/pages/domains/domain-verification/domain-verification.component.html
+++ b/console/src/app/pages/domains/domain-verification/domain-verification.component.html
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
     <div *ngIf="http">
       <p>HTTP TOKEN</p>
-      <p class="entry">{{ http.url }}.txt</p>
+      <p class="entry">{{ http.url }}</p>
 
       <div class="btn-container">
         <button mat-stroked-button (click)="saveFile()" color="primary">{{ 'ORG.PAGES.DOWNLOAD_FILE' | translate }}</button>
diff --git a/internal/api/http/domain_check.go b/internal/api/http/domain_check.go
index b4281c778e..3d39897991 100644
--- a/internal/api/http/domain_check.go
+++ b/internal/api/http/domain_check.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const (
 	CheckTypeHTTP CheckType = iota
 	CheckTypeDNS
 
-	HTTPPattern = "https://%s/.well-known/zitadel-challenge/%s"
+	HTTPPattern = "https://%s/.well-known/zitadel-challenge/%s.txt"
 	DNSPattern  = "_zitadel-challenge.%s"
 )
 
diff --git a/internal/command/org_domain_test.go b/internal/command/org_domain_test.go
index 230fc5601a..feb737cde1 100644
--- a/internal/command/org_domain_test.go
+++ b/internal/command/org_domain_test.go
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ func TestCommandSide_GenerateOrgDomainValidation(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			res: res{
 				wantToken: "a",
-				wantURL:   "https://domain.ch/.well-known/zitadel-challenge/a",
+				wantURL:   "https://domain.ch/.well-known/zitadel-challenge/a.txt",
 			},
 		},
 	}