diff --git a/src/conversejs/converse.js b/src/conversejs/converse.js
index a9ad57abc418bc7f0eaca1f3f67a84b02bf9e43c..79161bc4433c96d012603da9e04a8f7edd7fe290 100644
--- a/src/conversejs/converse.js
+++ b/src/conversejs/converse.js
@@ -89890,7 +89890,7 @@ utils_core.isAudioURL = url => checkFileTypes(['.ogg', '.mp3', '.m4a'], url);
 
 utils_core.isVideoURL = url => checkFileTypes(['.mp4', '.webm'], url);
 
-utils_core.isURLWithImageExtension = url => checkFileTypes(['.jpg', '.jpeg', '.png', '.gif', '.bmp', '.tiff', '.svg'], url);
+utils_core.isURLWithImageExtension = url => checkFileTypes(['.jpg', '.jpeg', '.png', '.gif', '.bmp', '.tiff', '.svg', '.webp'], url);
 
 utils_core.isImageURL = url => {
   const regex = core_api.settings.get('image_urls_regex');