diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a5ab05d6..d24990a8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 - Updated Exception handler to report validation message bag errors. ([74905ba1](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/commit/74905ba1))
 - Updated ApiV1Controller, add validation messages to update_credentials endpoint. ([cd785601](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/commit/cd785601))
 - Updated ComposeController, improve location search results ordering by use frequency. ([29c4bd25](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/commit/29c4bd25))
+- Updated AvatarController, fix mimetype bug. ([7fa9d4dc](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/commit/7fa9d4dc))
 -  ([](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/commit/))
 
 ## [v0.11.2 (2022-01-09)](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/compare/v0.11.1...v0.11.2)
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/BaseApiController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/BaseApiController.php
index dd455fda..ce78c74e 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/BaseApiController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/BaseApiController.php
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class BaseApiController extends Controller
     {
         abort_if(!$request->user(), 403);
         $this->validate($request, [
-            'upload'   => 'required|mimetypes:jpeg,png,gif|max:'.config('pixelfed.max_avatar_size'),
+            'upload'   => 'required|mimetypes:image/jpeg,image/jpg,image/png|max:'.config('pixelfed.max_avatar_size'),
         ]);
 
         try {
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/AvatarController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/AvatarController.php
index bb95c1ed..ea5f8478 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/AvatarController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/AvatarController.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class AvatarController extends Controller
     public function store(Request $request)
     {
         $this->validate($request, [
-          'avatar' => 'required|mimetypes:jpeg,png|max:'.config('pixelfed.max_avatar_size'),
+          'avatar' => 'required|mimetypes:image/jpeg,image/jpg,image/png|max:'.config('pixelfed.max_avatar_size'),
         ]);
 
         try {