diff --git a/xta-adapter/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/eingang/xta/XtaIncomingFilesMapper.java b/xta-adapter/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/eingang/xta/XtaIncomingFilesMapper.java
index 1ef661f3e778725c4a5afd95b69c7d67457ce2e8..185d4da30d5cd62d285d6e5f112d89e052c8de3e 100644
--- a/xta-adapter/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/eingang/xta/XtaIncomingFilesMapper.java
+++ b/xta-adapter/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/eingang/xta/XtaIncomingFilesMapper.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class XtaIncomingFilesMapper {
 
 	IncomingFile toIncomingFile(XtaFile messageFile) {
 		return IncomingFile.builder()
-				.name(messageFile.name())
+				.name(removeLeadingUUID(messageFile.name()))
 				.contentType(messageFile.contentType())
 				.file(messageFile.file())
 				.size(messageFile.file().length())
@@ -78,4 +78,8 @@ class XtaIncomingFilesMapper {
 			return Stream.of(incomingFile);
 		}
 	}
+
+	private String removeLeadingUUID(String name) {
+		return name.replaceAll("^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}_", "");
+	}
 }
diff --git a/xta-adapter/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/eingang/xta/XtaIncomingFilesMapperTest.java b/xta-adapter/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/eingang/xta/XtaIncomingFilesMapperTest.java
index 0dfa769d688d5bab27fce58f4673282a7e86caac..9452cc15bedb56c76297b91858c9f8c6ada5228d 100644
--- a/xta-adapter/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/eingang/xta/XtaIncomingFilesMapperTest.java
+++ b/xta-adapter/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/eingang/xta/XtaIncomingFilesMapperTest.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Nested;
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ class XtaIncomingFilesMapperTest {
 			var xtaFile = XtaFileTestFactory.create();
 			var incomingFile = IncomingFileTestFactory.create();
 			when(mapper.toIncomingFile(xtaFile)).thenReturn(incomingFile);
-			when(mapper.extractZip(incomingFile)).thenAnswer((x) -> Stream.of(incomingFile));
+			when(mapper.extractZip(incomingFile)).thenAnswer(x -> Stream.of(incomingFile));
 
 			mapper.toIncomingFiles(List.of(xtaFile, xtaFile));
 
@@ -89,6 +90,16 @@ class XtaIncomingFilesMapperTest {
 			assertThat(inFile.getName()).isEqualTo(XtaFileTestFactory.NAME);
 		}
 
+		@Test
+		void shouldRemoveLeadingUUID() {
+			String nameWithLeadingUUID = UUID.randomUUID() + "_" + XtaFileTestFactory.NAME;
+			var xtaFile = XtaFileTestFactory.createBuilder().name(nameWithLeadingUUID).build();
+
+			var inFile = mapper.toIncomingFile(xtaFile);
+
+			assertThat(inFile.getName()).isEqualTo(XtaFileTestFactory.NAME);
+		}
+
 		@Test
 		void shouldHaveZipContentType() {
 			var inFile = mapper.toIncomingFile(XtaFileTestFactory.create());