diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/components/cell/attachment/utils.ts b/packages/nc-gui/components/cell/attachment/utils.ts
index 0e53d235c4..d77969db66 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/components/cell/attachment/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/components/cell/attachment/utils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { AttachmentReqType, AttachmentType } from 'nocodb-sdk'
+import { populateUniqueFileName } from 'nocodb-sdk'
 import DOMPurify from 'isomorphic-dompurify'
 import RenameFile from './RenameFile.vue'
 import {
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ export const [useProvideAttachmentCell, useAttachmentCell] = useInjectionState(
         } else {
           const fileName = populateUniqueFileName(
             (file as AttachmentReqType).fileName ?? '',
-            [...attachments.value, ...imageUrls],
+            [...attachments.value, ...imageUrls].map((fn) => fn?.title || fn?.fileName),
             (file as File)?.type || (file as AttachmentReqType)?.mimetype || '',
           )
 
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ export const [useProvideAttachmentCell, useAttachmentCell] = useInjectionState(
               ...uploadedFile,
               title: populateUniqueFileName(
                 uploadedFile?.title,
-                [...attachments.value, ...newAttachments],
+                [...attachments.value, ...newAttachments].map((fn) => fn?.title || fn?.fileName),
                 uploadedFile?.mimetype,
               ),
             })
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/composables/useMultiSelect/convertCellData.ts b/packages/nc-gui/composables/useMultiSelect/convertCellData.ts
index 5ca19962a0..1ca5e60c32 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/composables/useMultiSelect/convertCellData.ts
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/composables/useMultiSelect/convertCellData.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import dayjs from 'dayjs'
 import type { AttachmentType, ColumnType, LinkToAnotherRecordType, SelectOptionsType } from 'nocodb-sdk'
-import { UITypes } from 'nocodb-sdk'
+import { UITypes, populateUniqueFileName } from 'nocodb-sdk'
 import type { AppInfo } from '~/composables/useGlobal'
 import { isBt, isMm, parseProp } from '#imports'
 
@@ -203,7 +203,11 @@ export default function convertCellData(
         for (const att of attachments) {
           newAttachments.push({
             ...att,
-            title: populateUniqueFileName(att?.title, [...oldAttachments, ...newAttachments], att?.mimetype),
+            title: populateUniqueFileName(
+              att?.title,
+              [...oldAttachments, ...newAttachments].map((fn) => fn?.title || fn?.fileName),
+              att?.mimetype,
+            ),
           })
         }
         return JSON.stringify([...oldAttachments, ...newAttachments])
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/composables/useMultiSelect/index.ts b/packages/nc-gui/composables/useMultiSelect/index.ts
index 3cedc82563..c81ec5f702 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/composables/useMultiSelect/index.ts
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/composables/useMultiSelect/index.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,15 @@ import type {
   UserFieldRecordType,
   ViewType,
 } from 'nocodb-sdk'
-import { UITypes, dateFormats, isDateMonthFormat, isSystemColumn, isVirtualCol, timeFormats } from 'nocodb-sdk'
+import {
+  UITypes,
+  dateFormats,
+  isDateMonthFormat,
+  isSystemColumn,
+  isVirtualCol,
+  timeFormats,
+  populateUniqueFileName,
+} from 'nocodb-sdk'
 import { parse } from 'papaparse'
 import type { Cell } from './cellRange'
 import { CellRange } from './cellRange'
@@ -1253,7 +1261,7 @@ export function useMultiSelect(
           ...uploadedFile,
           title: populateUniqueFileName(
             uploadedFile?.title,
-            [...handleParseAttachmentCellData(oldValue), ...newAttachments],
+            [...handleParseAttachmentCellData(oldValue), ...newAttachments].map((fn) => fn?.title || fn?.fileName),
             uploadedFile?.mimetype,
           ),
         })
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/utils/fileUtils.ts b/packages/nc-gui/utils/fileUtils.ts
index c7a6a1a913..521bbf6e7c 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/utils/fileUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/utils/fileUtils.ts
@@ -77,18 +77,3 @@ export function extractImageSrcFromRawHtml(rawText: string) {
     return imgElement.getAttribute('src')
   }
 }
-
-export function populateUniqueFileName(fn: string, attachments: any[], mimeType: string) {
-  if (!mimeType) return fn
-
-  // If the image extension is not present, the while loop will go into an infinite loop. So, add the extension first if not present.
-  if (!fn?.endsWith(mimeType.split('/')[1])) {
-    fn = `${fn}.${mimeType.split('/')[1]}`
-  }
-
-  let c = 1
-  while (attachments.some((att) => att?.title === fn || att?.fileName === fn)) {
-    fn = fn.replace(/(.+?)(\.[^.]+)$/, `$1(${c++})$2`)
-  }
-  return fn
-}
diff --git a/packages/nocodb-sdk/src/lib/helperFunctions.ts b/packages/nocodb-sdk/src/lib/helperFunctions.ts
index 527e479af6..43a8d878ec 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb-sdk/src/lib/helperFunctions.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb-sdk/src/lib/helperFunctions.ts
@@ -97,6 +97,36 @@ const getAvailableRollupForUiType = (type: string) => {
   }
 };
 
+function populateUniqueFileName(
+  fileName: string,
+  attachments: string[],
+  mimeType: string
+) {
+  if (!mimeType) return fileName;
+
+  // If the file extension is not present, the while loop will go into an infinite loop. So, add the extension first if not present.
+  if (!fileName?.endsWith(`.${mimeType.split('/')[1]}`)) {
+    fileName = `${fileName}.${mimeType.split('/')[1]}`;
+  } else if (
+    fileName?.endsWith(`.${mimeType.split('/')[1]}`) &&
+    fileName.length === `.${mimeType.split('/')[1]}`.length
+  ) {
+    fileName = `image.${mimeType.split('/')[1]}`;
+  }
+
+  const match = fileName.match(/^(.+?)(\((\d+)\))?(\.[^.]+)$/);
+
+  if (!match) return fileName;
+
+  let c = !isNaN(parseInt(match[3])) ? parseInt(match[3]) : 1;
+
+  while (attachments.some((fn) => fn === fileName)) {
+    fileName = `${match[1]}(${c++})${match[4]}`;
+  }
+
+  return fileName;
+}
+
 export {
   filterOutSystemColumns,
   getSystemColumnsIds,
@@ -106,4 +136,5 @@ export {
   extractRolesObj,
   stringifyRolesObj,
   getAvailableRollupForUiType,
+  populateUniqueFileName,
 };
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/services/public-datas.service.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/services/public-datas.service.ts
index 675a072616..338e4a879c 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/services/public-datas.service.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/services/public-datas.service.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 import path from 'path';
 import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { nanoid } from 'nanoid';
-import { ErrorMessages, UITypes, ViewTypes } from 'nocodb-sdk';
+import {
+  ErrorMessages,
+  UITypes,
+  ViewTypes,
+  populateUniqueFileName,
+} from 'nocodb-sdk';
 import slash from 'slash';
 import { nocoExecute } from 'nc-help';
 
@@ -396,16 +401,11 @@ export class PublicDatasService {
         attachments[fieldName] = attachments[fieldName] || [];
         let originalName = utf8ify(file.originalname);
 
-        let c = 1;
-        while (
-          path.extname(originalName) &&
-          attachments[fieldName].some((att) => att?.title === originalName)
-        ) {
-          originalName = originalName.replace(
-            /(.+?)(\.[^.]+)$/,
-            `$1(${c++})$2`,
-          );
-        }
+        originalName = populateUniqueFileName(
+          originalName,
+          attachments[fieldName].map((att) => att?.title),
+          file.mimetype,
+        );
 
         const fileName = `${nanoid(18)}${path.extname(originalName)}`;