diff --git a/docs/guides/setup-proxmox-for-tests.md b/docs/guides/setup-proxmox-for-tests.md
index 2d2f9f72..71ea146f 100644
--- a/docs/guides/setup-proxmox-for-tests.md
+++ b/docs/guides/setup-proxmox-for-tests.md
@@ -92,4 +92,4 @@ Goal is to have a proxmox node in VM using <https://virt-manager.org/> for a job
 
 10. Now you can run `make example`.
 
-11. If you see error with proxmox_virtual_environment_file: the datastore "local" does not support content type "snippets"; supported content types are: `[backup, iso, vztmpl]`, you need to enable them, see <https://registry.terraform.io/providers/bpg/proxmox/latest/docs/resources/virtual_environment_file#snippets>.
+11. If you see error with proxmox_virtual_environment_file: the datastore "local" does not support content type "snippets"; supported content types are: `[backup, iso, vztmpl, import]`, you need to enable them, see <https://registry.terraform.io/providers/bpg/proxmox/latest/docs/resources/virtual_environment_file#snippets>.
diff --git a/docs/resources/virtual_environment_file.md b/docs/resources/virtual_environment_file.md
index 90c36275..6fcd3fba 100644
--- a/docs/resources/virtual_environment_file.md
+++ b/docs/resources/virtual_environment_file.md
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ resource "proxmox_virtual_environment_file" "ubuntu_container_template" {
     - `backup` (allowed extensions: `.vzdump`, `.tar.gz`, `.tar.xz`, `tar.zst`)
     - `iso` (allowed extensions: `.iso`, `.img`)
     - `snippets` (allowed extensions: any)
+    - `import` (allowed extensions: `.raw`, `.qcow2`, `.vmdk`)
     - `vztmpl` (allowed extensions: `.tar.gz`, `.tar.xz`, `tar.zst`)
 - `datastore_id` - (Required) The datastore id.
 - `file_mode` - The file mode in octal format, e.g. `0700` or `600`. Note that the prefixes `0o` and `0x` is not supported! Setting this attribute is also only allowed for `root@pam` authenticated user.
diff --git a/fwprovider/nodes/resource_download_file.go b/fwprovider/nodes/resource_download_file.go
index e0421efe..b433fda9 100644
--- a/fwprovider/nodes/resource_download_file.go
+++ b/fwprovider/nodes/resource_download_file.go
@@ -205,23 +205,22 @@ func (r *downloadFileResource) Schema(
 		Attributes: map[string]schema.Attribute{
 			"id": attribute.ResourceID(),
 			"content_type": schema.StringAttribute{
-				Description: "The file content type. Must be `iso` for VM images or `vztmpl` for LXC images.",
+				Description: "The file content type. Must be `iso` or `import` for VM images or `vztmpl` for LXC images.",
 				Required:    true,
 				Validators: []validator.String{stringvalidator.OneOf([]string{
 					"iso",
 					"vztmpl",
+					"import",
 				}...)},
 				PlanModifiers: []planmodifier.String{
 					stringplanmodifier.RequiresReplace(),
 				},
 			},
 			"file_name": schema.StringAttribute{
-				Description: "The file name. If not provided, it is calculated " +
-					"using `url`. PVE will raise 'wrong file extension' error for some popular " +
-					"extensions file `.raw` or `.qcow2`. Workaround is to use e.g. `.img` instead.",
-				Computed: true,
-				Required: false,
-				Optional: true,
+				Description: "The file name. If not provided, it is calculated using `url`.",
+				Computed:    true,
+				Required:    false,
+				Optional:    true,
 				PlanModifiers: []planmodifier.String{
 					stringplanmodifier.RequiresReplace(),
 					stringplanmodifier.UseStateForUnknown(),
diff --git a/proxmoxtf/resource/file.go b/proxmoxtf/resource/file.go
index 3e62558b..01ed9a2b 100644
--- a/proxmoxtf/resource/file.go
+++ b/proxmoxtf/resource/file.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"slices"
 	"sort"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -325,9 +326,6 @@ func fileCreate(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, m interface{}) diag
 
 	var diags diag.Diagnostics
 
-	contentType, dg := fileGetContentType(d)
-	diags = append(diags, dg...)
-
 	fileName, err := fileGetSourceFileName(d)
 	diags = append(diags, diag.FromErr(err)...)
 
@@ -345,6 +343,9 @@ func fileCreate(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, m interface{}) diag
 		return diag.FromErr(err)
 	}
 
+	contentType, dg := fileGetContentType(ctx, d, capi)
+	diags = append(diags, dg...)
+
 	list, err := capi.Node(nodeName).Storage(datastoreID).ListDatastoreFiles(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return diag.FromErr(err)
@@ -553,7 +554,7 @@ func fileCreate(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, m interface{}) diag
 	}
 
 	switch *contentType {
-	case "iso", "vztmpl":
+	case "iso", "vztmpl", "import":
 		_, err = capi.Node(nodeName).Storage(datastoreID).APIUpload(
 			ctx, request, config.TempDir(),
 		)
@@ -600,7 +601,7 @@ func fileCreate(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, m interface{}) diag
 
 	}
 
-	volID, di := fileGetVolumeID(d)
+	volID, di := fileGetVolumeID(ctx, d, capi)
 	diags = append(diags, di...)
 	if diags.HasError() {
 		return diags
@@ -617,11 +618,33 @@ func fileCreate(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, m interface{}) diag
 	return diags
 }
 
-func fileGetContentType(d *schema.ResourceData) (*string, diag.Diagnostics) {
+func fileGetContentType(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, c proxmoxtf.ProviderConfiguration) (*string, diag.Diagnostics) {
 	contentType := d.Get(mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentFileContentType).(string)
 	sourceFile := d.Get(mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentFileSourceFile).([]interface{})
 	sourceRaw := d.Get(mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentFileSourceRaw).([]interface{})
 
+	release := 0.0
+	pc, err := c.GetClient()
+	if err != nil {
+		tflog.Warn(ctx, "failed to determine Proxmox Client API version", map[string]interface{}{
+			"error": err,
+		})
+	} else {
+		version, err := pc.Version().Version(context.Background())
+		if err != nil {
+			tflog.Warn(ctx, "failed to determine Proxmox VE version", map[string]interface{}{
+				"error": err,
+			})
+		} else {
+			release, err = strconv.ParseFloat(version.Release, 32)
+			if err != nil {
+				tflog.Warn(ctx, "failed to parse Proxmox VE version", map[string]interface{}{
+					"error": err,
+				})
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	sourceFilePath := ""
 
 	if len(sourceFile) > 0 {
@@ -638,22 +661,26 @@ func fileGetContentType(d *schema.ResourceData) (*string, diag.Diagnostics) {
 			mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentFileSourceRaw,
 		)
 	}
-
 	if contentType == "" {
 		if strings.HasSuffix(sourceFilePath, ".tar.gz") ||
 			strings.HasSuffix(sourceFilePath, ".tar.xz") {
 			contentType = "vztmpl"
+		} else if release > 8.4 && (strings.HasSuffix(sourceFilePath, ".qcow2") ||
+			strings.HasSuffix(sourceFilePath, ".raw") ||
+			strings.HasSuffix(sourceFilePath, ".vmdk")) {
+			contentType = "import"
 		} else {
 			ext := strings.TrimLeft(strings.ToLower(filepath.Ext(sourceFilePath)), ".")
 
 			switch ext {
-			case "img", "iso":
+			case "iso":
 				contentType = "iso"
 			case "yaml", "yml":
 				contentType = "snippets"
 			}
 		}
 
+		// We cannot determine, for example, the content type of an .img file, so we require the user to specify it.
 		if contentType == "" {
 			return nil, diag.Errorf(
 				"cannot determine the content type of source \"%s\" - Please manually define the \"%s\" argument",
@@ -715,14 +742,14 @@ func fileGetSourceFileName(d *schema.ResourceData) (*string, error) {
 	return &sourceFileFileName, nil
 }
 
-func fileGetVolumeID(d *schema.ResourceData) (fileVolumeID, diag.Diagnostics) {
+func fileGetVolumeID(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, c proxmoxtf.ProviderConfiguration) (fileVolumeID, diag.Diagnostics) {
 	fileName, err := fileGetSourceFileName(d)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fileVolumeID{}, diag.FromErr(err)
 	}
 
 	datastoreID := d.Get(mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentFileDatastoreID).(string)
-	contentType, diags := fileGetContentType(d)
+	contentType, diags := fileGetContentType(ctx, d, c)
 
 	return fileVolumeID{
 		datastoreID: datastoreID,
diff --git a/proxmoxtf/resource/validators/file.go b/proxmoxtf/resource/validators/file.go
index 8cd2e57e..0c8e5908 100644
--- a/proxmoxtf/resource/validators/file.go
+++ b/proxmoxtf/resource/validators/file.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ func ContentType() schema.SchemaValidateDiagFunc {
 		"iso",
 		"snippets",
 		"vztmpl",
+		"import",
 	}, false))
 }