diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/dump.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/dump.rs
index 50d89bdc2..468dbf640 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/dump.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/dump.rs
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ fn generate_uid() -> String {
 
 /// Infer dumps_dir from dump_uid
 pub fn compressed_dumps_dir(dumps_dir: &Path, dump_uid: &str) -> PathBuf {
-    dumps_dir.join(format!("{}.tar.gz", dump_uid))
+    dumps_dir.join(format!("{}.dump", dump_uid))
 }
 
 /// Write metadata in dump
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ fn dump_process(data: web::Data<Data>, dumps_dir: PathBuf, dump_info: DumpInfo)
         }
     }
 
-    // compress dump in a file named `{dump_uid}.tar.gz` in `dumps_dir`
+    // compress dump in a file named `{dump_uid}.dump` in `dumps_dir`
     if let Err(e) = crate::helpers::compression::to_tar_gz(&tmp_dir_path, &compressed_dumps_dir(&dumps_dir, &dump_info.uid)) {
         fail_dump_process(dump_info, "compressing dump", e);
         return ;
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/snapshot.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/snapshot.rs
index c391dbdfa..980d491d0 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/snapshot.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/snapshot.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ pub fn schedule_snapshot(data: Data, snapshot_dir: &Path, time_gap_s: u64) -> Re
     }
     let db_name = Path::new(&data.db_path).file_name().ok_or_else(|| Error::Internal("invalid database name".to_string()))?;
     create_dir_all(snapshot_dir)?;
-    let snapshot_path = snapshot_dir.join(format!("{}.tar.gz", db_name.to_str().unwrap_or("data.ms")));
+    let snapshot_path = snapshot_dir.join(format!("{}.snapshot", db_name.to_str().unwrap_or("data.ms")));
     
     thread::spawn(move || loop { 
         thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(time_gap_s));
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ mod tests {
         let test_dir = tempdir.path();
         let src_dir = test_dir.join("src");
         let dest_dir = test_dir.join("complex/destination/path/");
-        let archive_path = test_dir.join("archive.tar.gz");
+        let archive_path = test_dir.join("archive.snapshot");
 
         let file_1_relative = Path::new("file1.txt");
         let subdir_relative = Path::new("subdir/");