diff --git a/packages/generators/src/connection/index.ts b/packages/generators/src/connection/index.ts
index 298599d249..43ab705556 100644
--- a/packages/generators/src/connection/index.ts
+++ b/packages/generators/src/connection/index.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export const generate = (ctx: ConnectionGeneratorArguments) =>
         runGenerator<ConnectionGeneratorContext>(
           __dirname,
           'templates',
-          ({ database }) => `${getDatabaseAdapter(database)}.tpl`
+          ({ database }) => `${getDatabaseAdapter(database)}.tpl.js`
         ),
         mergeJSON<ConnectionGeneratorContext>(
           ({ connectionString, database }) =>
diff --git a/packages/generators/src/service/index.ts b/packages/generators/src/service/index.ts
index f02d5d3802..fa7b8f4536 100644
--- a/packages/generators/src/service/index.ts
+++ b/packages/generators/src/service/index.ts
@@ -210,4 +210,4 @@ export const generate = (ctx: ServiceGeneratorArguments) =>
       } as ServiceGeneratorContext
     })
     .then(runGenerators<ServiceGeneratorContext>(__dirname, 'templates'))
-    .then(runGenerator<ServiceGeneratorContext>(__dirname, 'type', ({ type }) => `${type}.tpl`))
+    .then(runGenerator<ServiceGeneratorContext>(__dirname, 'type', ({ type }) => `${type}.tpl.js`))