diff --git a/validation/validate-mmcif-file.py b/validation/validate-mmcif-file.py
index 7f18e1fc273066d829e58c024b7e20281adeb3c0..80742bc958e1d14910cc821e92e7fba18f12b95b 100755
--- a/validation/validate-mmcif-file.py
+++ b/validation/validate-mmcif-file.py
@@ -299,7 +299,10 @@ def _get_assoc_data_from_zip_arc(
                 arc_file, assoc_dir
             )
         if row[idxs["file_format"]] == "cif":
-            if row[idxs["file_content"]] == "local pairwise QA scores":
+            if row[idxs["file_content"]] in (
+                "local pairwise QA scores",
+                "QA metrics",
+            ):
                 cif_file = row[idxs["file_path"]]
                 data = _unzip_arc_cif(arc_zip, cif_file)
                 assoc_files.append((data, archives[arc_id][1]))