diff --git a/lib/galaxy/datatypes/binary.py b/lib/galaxy/datatypes/binary.py
index 0f53030b3d02..1598da174672 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/datatypes/binary.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/datatypes/binary.py
@@ -4297,9 +4297,9 @@ def __init__(self, **kwd):
 
     def sniff(self, filename: str) -> bool:
         try:
-            npz = np.load(filename)
-            if isinstance(npz, np.lib.npyio.NpzFile):
-                return True
+            with np.load(filename) as npz:
+                if isinstance(npz, np.lib.npyio.NpzFile) and any(f.filename.endswith(".npy") for f in npz.zip.filelist):
+                    return True
         except Exception:
             return False
         return False