diff --git a/cli/src/commands/sync/sync.ts b/cli/src/commands/sync/sync.ts
index a5dde194b8..b672799106 100644
--- a/cli/src/commands/sync/sync.ts
+++ b/cli/src/commands/sync/sync.ts
@@ -1986,7 +1986,7 @@ interface ChangeTracker {
 }
 
 async function addToChangedIfNotExists(p: string, tracker: ChangeTracker) {
-  const isScript = exts.some((e) => p.endsWith(e));
+  const isScript = exts.some((e) => p.endsWith(e)) && !isFileResource(p) && !isFilesetResource(p);
   if (isScript) {
     if (isFlowPath(p)) {
       const folder = extractFolderPath(p, "flow")!;
diff --git a/cli/src/types.ts b/cli/src/types.ts
index a2bc8bea69..98ef694044 100644
--- a/cli/src/types.ts
+++ b/cli/src/types.ts
@@ -286,6 +286,9 @@ export function getTypeStrFromPath(
   if (p.startsWith("dependencies" + SEP)) {
     return "workspace_dependencies";
   }
+  if (isFileResource(p) || isFilesetResource(p)) {
+    return "resource";
+  }
   const parsed = path.parse(p);
   if (
     parsed.ext == ".go" ||
@@ -349,9 +352,6 @@ export function getTypeStrFromPath(
   ) {
     return typeEnding;
   } else {
-    if (isFileResource(p) || isFilesetResource(p)) {
-      return "resource";
-    }
     throw new Error("Could not infer type of path " + JSON.stringify(parsed));
   }
 }
diff --git a/cli/test/utils_unit.test.ts b/cli/test/utils_unit.test.ts
index 47edf45236..e5bcea4b92 100644
--- a/cli/test/utils_unit.test.ts
+++ b/cli/test/utils_unit.test.ts
@@ -270,6 +270,10 @@ describe("getTypeStrFromPath", () => {
   test("detects fileset resource files as resource type", () => {
     expect(getTypeStrFromPath("f/test/my_config.fileset/config.yaml")).toBe("resource");
     expect(getTypeStrFromPath("u/admin/templates.fileset/path/to/file.txt")).toBe("resource");
+    // fileset files with script-like extensions should still be detected as resource
+    expect(getTypeStrFromPath("f/test/my_queries.fileset/query.sql")).toBe("resource");
+    expect(getTypeStrFromPath("f/test/my_queries.fileset/script.py")).toBe("resource");
+    expect(getTypeStrFromPath("f/test/my_queries.fileset/nested/dir/file.ts")).toBe("resource");
   });
 
   test("throws for unknown type", () => {