diff --git a/openviking/parse/parsers/constants.py b/openviking/parse/parsers/constants.py
index 74609115e..e6f49f091 100644
--- a/openviking/parse/parsers/constants.py
+++ b/openviking/parse/parsers/constants.py
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@
     ".properties",
     ".toml",
     ".json",
+    ".jsonl",
     ".yaml",
     ".yml",
     ".xml",
diff --git a/tests/test_upload_utils.py b/tests/test_upload_utils.py
index d665714da..35c0041c2 100644
--- a/tests/test_upload_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_upload_utils.py
@@ -111,6 +111,11 @@ def test_documentation_extensions(self) -> None:
     def test_additional_text_extensions(self) -> None:
         assert is_text_file("settings.ini") is True
         assert is_text_file("data.csv") is True
+        # .jsonl is treated as text (matching .json) so upload-time encoding
+        # normalization applies, mirroring its inclusion in the vectorization
+        # text-extension set (#2745); otherwise a legacy-encoded .jsonl skips
+        # UTF-8 normalization while .json does not (#2744/#2770).
+        assert is_text_file("data.jsonl") is True
 
     def test_non_text_extensions(self) -> None:
         assert is_text_file("photo.png") is False