diff --git a/src/stac_asset/validate.py b/src/stac_asset/validate.py
index cfa41b6..3298033 100644
--- a/src/stac_asset/validate.py
+++ b/src/stac_asset/validate.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ALLOWABLE_PAIRS = [
     ("image/tiff", "image/tiff; application=geotiff; profile=cloud-optimized"),
+    ("image/tiff", "image/tiff; application=geotiff"),
     ("text/xml", "application/xml"),
 ]
 IGNORED_CONTENT_TYPES = ["binary/octet-stream", "application/octet-stream"]