diff --git a/lib/galaxy/config/sample/datatypes_conf.xml.sample b/lib/galaxy/config/sample/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
index 51ed61de97a..49a4228a9eb 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/config/sample/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
+++ b/lib/galaxy/config/sample/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@
     </datatype>
     <datatype extension="interval_index" type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:Binary" subclass="true"/>
     <datatype extension="odgi" type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:Binary" subclass="true" description="Genomic variation graphs self index used by odgi." display_in_upload="true"/>
-    <datatype extension="vg" type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:Binary" subclass="true" description="Genomic variation graphs." display_in_upload="true"/>
+    <datatype extension="vg" type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:CompressedArchive" subclass="true" description="Genomic variation graphs." display_in_upload="true"/>
     <datatype extension="xg" type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:Binary" subclass="true" description="Genomic variation graphs with vg index." display_in_upload="true"/>
     <datatype extension="protobuf2" type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:Binary" subclass="true" description="Protocol Buffers (Protobuf) is data format for serializing structured data." display_in_upload="true"/>
     <datatype extension="protobuf3" type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:Binary" subclass="true" description="Protocol Buffers (Protobuf) is data format for serializing structured data." display_in_upload="true"/>