2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/utils/provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/core/utils/EnvVarFileResolver.java b/utils/provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/core/utils/EnvVarFileResolver.java
index 29d35d6ef..518fb30d3 100755
--- a/utils/provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/core/utils/EnvVarFileResolver.java
+++ b/utils/provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/core/utils/EnvVarFileResolver.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public abstract class EnvVarFileResolver implements PropertiesFileResolver {
         final File fileFromEnvVariable;
         if (!Strings.isNullOrEmpty(propDirectoryFromEnvVariable)) {
             fileFromEnvVariable = Paths.get(propDirectoryFromEnvVariable).resolve(filename).toFile();
-            if(PathValidator.isValidFilePath(fileFromEnvVariable.getAbsolutePath()) && fileFromEnvVariable.exists()) {
+            if(PathValidator.isValidPropertiesPath(fileFromEnvVariable.getAbsolutePath()) && fileFromEnvVariable.exists()) {
                 return Optional.of(fileFromEnvVariable);
             }
         }
diff --git a/utils/provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/core/utils/PathValidator.java b/utils/provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/core/utils/PathValidator.java
index 973525019..08f0fc050 100644
--- a/utils/provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/core/utils/PathValidator.java
+++ b/utils/provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/core/utils/PathValidator.java
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 public class PathValidator {
     public static boolean isValidXmlPath(String path) {
-        Pattern allowList = Pattern.compile("[-\\w/\\/]+\\.xml$");
+        Pattern allowList = Pattern.compile("[-.\\w/\\/]+\\.xml$");
         return (allowList.matcher(path).matches());
     }
     public static boolean isValidPropertiesPath(String path) {
-        Pattern allowList = Pattern.compile("[-\\w/\\/]+\\.properties$");
+        Pattern allowList = Pattern.compile("[-.\\w/\\/]+\\.properties$");
         return (allowList.matcher(path).matches());
     }
     public static boolean isValidFilePath(String path) {
-        Pattern allowList = Pattern.compile("[-\\w/\\/]+");
+        Pattern allowList = Pattern.compile("[-.\\w/\\/]+$");
         return (allowList.matcher(path).matches());
     }
 }