diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 736d7f1f0..51f6f9345 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Changed the contents of IconCopy and IconLinkExternal
 - Added new icons - IconExplore, IconShrink, IconRadioPause, IconQuestion, and IconFailure
 
+### Changed
+
+-   a new variable named acceptableFileFormat added to inputImage Component
+
 ## [0.2.7] - 2023-07-24
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/src/components/input/inputImageSingle.stories.tsx b/src/components/input/inputImageSingle.stories.tsx
index 875ffedd0..9d1cf1418 100644
--- a/src/components/input/inputImageSingle.stories.tsx
+++ b/src/components/input/inputImageSingle.stories.tsx
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Single.args = {
     minDimension: 256,
     maxFileSize: 3000000,
     onlySquare: true,
+    acceptableFileFormat: 'image/jpg, image/jpeg, image/png, image/gif',
     onError: () =>
         alert(
             'Please provide a squared image (PNG, SVG, JPG or GIF) with a maximum of 3MB and size between 256px and 2400 px on each side',
diff --git a/src/components/input/inputImageSingle.tsx b/src/components/input/inputImageSingle.tsx
index 7fd8e0a6f..4aa70e10f 100644
--- a/src/components/input/inputImageSingle.tsx
+++ b/src/components/input/inputImageSingle.tsx
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ export type InputImageSingleProps = {
      * Passing image src for preview
      */
     preview?: string;
+    /**
+     * acceptable image formats
+     */
+    acceptableFileFormat?: string;
 };
 
 export const InputImageSingle: React.FC<InputImageSingleProps> = ({
@@ -43,6 +47,7 @@ export const InputImageSingle: React.FC<InputImageSingleProps> = ({
     maxFileSize,
     onlySquare = false,
     preview: previewSrc = '',
+    acceptableFileFormat = 'image/jpg, image/jpeg, image/png, image/gif, image/svg+xml',
     onError,
 }) => {
     const [loading, setLoading] = useState<boolean>(false);
@@ -96,7 +101,7 @@ export const InputImageSingle: React.FC<InputImageSingleProps> = ({
     } = useDropzone({
         onDrop,
         ...(maxFileSize && { maxSize: maxFileSize }),
-        accept: 'image/jpg, image/jpeg, image/png, image/gif, image/svg+xml',
+        accept: acceptableFileFormat,
     });
 
     if (loading) {