diff --git a/lib/private/Setup.php b/lib/private/Setup.php
index f286c3698cf5c..6b327958c7cb0 100644
--- a/lib/private/Setup.php
+++ b/lib/private/Setup.php
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ public static function updateHtaccess(): bool {
 			$content .= "\n  Options -MultiViews";
 			$content .= "\n  RewriteRule ^core/js/oc.js$ index.php [PT,E=PATH_INFO:$1]";
 			$content .= "\n  RewriteRule ^core/preview.png$ index.php [PT,E=PATH_INFO:$1]";
-			$content .= "\n  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !\\.(css|js|mjs|svg|gif|ico|jpg|jpeg|png|webp|html|otf|ttf|woff2?|map|webm|mp4|mp3|ogg|wav|flac|wasm|tflite)$";
+			$content .= "\n  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !\\.(css|js|mjs|svg|gif|ico|jpg|jpeg|png|webp|html|otf|ttf|woff2?|map|webm|mp4|mp3|ogg|wav|flac|wasm|tflite|properties)$";
 			$content .= "\n  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/core/ajax/update\\.php";
 			$content .= "\n  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/core/img/(favicon\\.ico|manifest\\.json)$";
 			$content .= "\n  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/(cron|public|remote|status)\\.php";