diff --git a/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/common/constants.ts b/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/common/constants.ts
index 2e55c4c69f..8fb71ff3d4 100644
--- a/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/common/constants.ts
+++ b/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/common/constants.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const localize = nls.loadMessageBundle();
 export const dataSourcesFileName = 'datasources.json';
 export const sqlprojExtension = '.sqlproj';
 export const sqlFileExtension = '.sql';
-export const yamlFileExtension = '.yaml';
+export const openApiSpecFileExtensions = ['yaml', 'yml', 'json'];
 export const schemaCompareExtensionId = 'microsoft.schema-compare';
 export const master = 'master';
 export const masterDacpac = 'master.dacpac';
diff --git a/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/controllers/projectController.ts b/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/controllers/projectController.ts
index cfc4803585..a8ba8eac5b 100644
--- a/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/controllers/projectController.ts
+++ b/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/controllers/projectController.ts
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ export class ProjectsController {
 		}
 
 		const filters: { [name: string]: string[] } = {};
-		filters[constants.specSelectionText] = ['yaml'];
+		filters[constants.specSelectionText] = constants.openApiSpecFileExtensions;
 
 		let uris = await vscode.window.showOpenDialog({
 			canSelectFiles: true,
@@ -892,7 +892,8 @@ export class ProjectsController {
 			}
 
 			outputFolder = folders[0].fsPath;
-			projectName = path.basename(specPath, constants.yamlFileExtension);
+
+			projectName = path.basename(specPath, path.extname(specPath));
 			newProjectFolder = path.join(outputFolder, projectName);
 
 			if (await utils.exists(newProjectFolder)) {