diff --git a/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml b/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
index 7f350e2cb..32934ce18 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
@@ -125,17 +125,15 @@ jobs:
           # see https://docs.docker.com/config/containers/resource_constraints/#--memory-swap-details
           MEMORY_ARGS="--memory=1g --memory-swap=1g"
           docker run $MEMORY_ARGS -t -v "${PWD}:/data" "${TAG}" osrm-extract --dump-nbg-graph -p /opt/car.lua /data/berlin-latest.osm.pbf
-          docker run $MEMORY_ARGS -t -v "${PWD}:/data" "${TAG}" osrm-components /data/berlin-latest.osrm /data/berlin-latest.geojson
+          docker run $MEMORY_ARGS -t -v "${PWD}:/data" "${TAG}" osrm-components /data/berlin-latest.osrm.nbg /data/berlin-latest.geojson
           if [ ! -s "${PWD}/berlin-latest.geojson" ]
           then
             >&2 echo "No berlin-latest.geojson found"
             exit 1
           fi
 
-          # here we check that `osrm-partition` accepts base file path with `.osrm` extension even if `.osrm` file doesn't exist
-          # this way we check backward compatibility with existing pipelines which may rely on it
-          rm -rf "${PWD}/berlin-latest.osrm"
-          docker run $MEMORY_ARGS -t -v "${PWD}:/data" "${TAG}" osrm-partition /data/berlin-latest.osrm
+          # removing `.osrm.nbg` to check that whole pipeline works without it
+          rm -rf "${PWD}/berlin-latest.osrm.nbg"
 
           docker run $MEMORY_ARGS -t -v "${PWD}:/data" "${TAG}" osrm-partition /data/berlin-latest.osrm
           docker run $MEMORY_ARGS -t -v "${PWD}:/data" "${TAG}" osrm-customize /data/berlin-latest.osrm
diff --git a/include/extractor/extractor_config.hpp b/include/extractor/extractor_config.hpp
index 81740297a..f25e3ebfc 100644
--- a/include/extractor/extractor_config.hpp
+++ b/include/extractor/extractor_config.hpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ struct ExtractorConfig final : storage::IOConfig
                   "",
               },
               {},
-              {".osrm",
+              {".osrm.nbg",
                ".osrm.restrictions",
                ".osrm.names",
                ".osrm.tls",
diff --git a/src/extractor/extractor.cpp b/src/extractor/extractor.cpp
index 261f09981..687b35b53 100644
--- a/src/extractor/extractor.cpp
+++ b/src/extractor/extractor.cpp
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ Extractor::ParsedOSMData Extractor::ParseOSMData(ScriptingEnvironment &scripting
 
     if (config.dump_nbg_graph)
     {
-        storage::tar::FileWriter writer(config.GetPath(".osrm").string(),
+        storage::tar::FileWriter writer(config.GetPath(".osrm.nbg").string(),
                                         storage::tar::FileWriter::GenerateFingerprint);
         storage::serialization::write(writer, "/extractor/nodes", extraction_containers.used_nodes);
         storage::serialization::write(writer, "/extractor/edges", extraction_containers.used_edges);