diff --git a/etc/plugins/ROOT@@Internal@@RRawFile/P020_RRawFileNetXNG.C b/etc/plugins/ROOT@@Internal@@RRawFile/P020_RRawFileNetXNG.C
index 73caedbee9b63..d9ac3c21405fc 100644
--- a/etc/plugins/ROOT@@Internal@@RRawFile/P020_RRawFileNetXNG.C
+++ b/etc/plugins/ROOT@@Internal@@RRawFile/P020_RRawFileNetXNG.C
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ void P020_RRawFileNetXNG()
 {
    gPluginMgr->AddHandler(
       "ROOT::Internal::RRawFile",
-      "^root[s]?:",
+      "^[x]?root[s]?:",
       "ROOT::Internal::RRawFileNetXNG",
       "NetxNG",
       "RRawFileNetXNG(std::string_view, ROOT::Internal::RRawFile::ROptions)");
diff --git a/etc/plugins/TFile/P100_TXNetFile.C b/etc/plugins/TFile/P100_TXNetFile.C
index 07887b9c5e166..de1032e5250e9 100644
--- a/etc/plugins/TFile/P100_TXNetFile.C
+++ b/etc/plugins/TFile/P100_TXNetFile.C
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 void P100_TXNetFile()
 {
-   gPluginMgr->AddHandler("TFile", "^[x]?root:", "TNetXNGFile",
+   gPluginMgr->AddHandler("TFile", "^[x]?root[s]?:", "TNetXNGFile",
       "NetxNG", "TNetXNGFile(const char*,Option_t*,const char*,Int_t,Int_t,Bool_t)");
 }