diff --git a/scripts/release/validate_staged_release.sh b/scripts/release/validate_staged_release.sh
index b90e5cf34..4dcb9dd20 100755
--- a/scripts/release/validate_staged_release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release/validate_staged_release.sh
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ cd hudi-${RELEASE_VERSION}-incubating-rc${RC_NUM}
 
 ### BEGIN: Binary Files Check
 echo "Checking for binary files in source release"
-numBinaryFiles=`find . -iname '*' | xargs -I {} file -I {} | grep -va directory | grep -va 'text/' | grep -va 'application/xml' | wc -l | sed -e s'/ //g'`
+numBinaryFiles=`find . -iname '*' | xargs -I {} file -I {} | grep -va directory | grep -va 'text/' | grep -va 'application/xml' | grep -va 'application/json' | wc -l | sed -e s'/ //g'`
 
 if [ "$numBinaryFiles" -gt "0" ]; then
   echo -e "There were non-text files in source release. Please check below\n"