diff --git a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/HoodieSnapshotExporter.java b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/HoodieSnapshotExporter.java
index ee31d4a60..42ab6ca55 100644
--- a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/HoodieSnapshotExporter.java
+++ b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/HoodieSnapshotExporter.java
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public class HoodieSnapshotExporter {
   public static class OutputFormatValidator implements IValueValidator<String> {
 
     public static final String HUDI = "hudi";
-    public static final List<String> FORMATS = CollectionUtils.createImmutableList("json", "parquet", HUDI);
+    public static final List<String> FORMATS = CollectionUtils.createImmutableList("json", "parquet", "orc", HUDI);
 
     @Override
     public void validate(String name, String value) {
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public class HoodieSnapshotExporter {
     @Parameter(names = {"--target-output-path"}, description = "Base path for the target output files (snapshots)", required = true)
     public String targetOutputPath;
 
-    @Parameter(names = {"--output-format"}, description = "Output format for the exported dataset; accept these values: json|parquet|hudi", required = true,
+    @Parameter(names = {"--output-format"}, description = "Output format for the exported dataset; accept these values: json|parquet|orc|hudi", required = true,
         validateValueWith = OutputFormatValidator.class)
     public String outputFormat;
 
diff --git a/hudi-utilities/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/TestHoodieSnapshotExporter.java b/hudi-utilities/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/TestHoodieSnapshotExporter.java
index ae74c1d04..1096c929b 100644
--- a/hudi-utilities/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/TestHoodieSnapshotExporter.java
+++ b/hudi-utilities/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/TestHoodieSnapshotExporter.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 public class TestHoodieSnapshotExporter {
 
   @ParameterizedTest
-  @ValueSource(strings = {"json", "parquet", "hudi"})
+  @ValueSource(strings = {"json", "parquet", "orc", "hudi"})
   public void testValidateOutputFormatWithValidFormat(String format) {
     assertDoesNotThrow(() -> {
       new OutputFormatValidator().validate(null, format);
diff --git a/hudi-utilities/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/functional/TestHoodieSnapshotExporter.java b/hudi-utilities/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/functional/TestHoodieSnapshotExporter.java
index aefa49fa9..133205cb8 100644
--- a/hudi-utilities/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/functional/TestHoodieSnapshotExporter.java
+++ b/hudi-utilities/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/functional/TestHoodieSnapshotExporter.java
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ public class TestHoodieSnapshotExporter extends FunctionalTestHarness {
   public class TestHoodieSnapshotExporterForNonHudi {
 
     @ParameterizedTest
-    @ValueSource(strings = {"json", "parquet"})
+    @ValueSource(strings = {"json", "parquet", "orc"})
     public void testExportAsNonHudi(String format) throws IOException {
       HoodieSnapshotExporter.Config cfg = new Config();
       cfg.sourceBasePath = sourcePath;