diff --git a/language/bert/run.py b/language/bert/run.py
index 5a35148904..5e41d73f0f 100644
--- a/language/bert/run.py
+++ b/language/bert/run.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def get_args():
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--audit_conf",
-        default="audit.conf",
+        default="audit.config",
         help="audit config for LoadGen settings during compliance runs",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
diff --git a/language/gpt-j/main.py b/language/gpt-j/main.py
index 981d2cd9d5..efab911090 100644
--- a/language/gpt-j/main.py
+++ b/language/gpt-j/main.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def get_args():
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--audit_conf",
-        default="audit.conf",
+        default="audit.config",
         help="audit config for LoadGen settings during compliance runs",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
diff --git a/language/llama2-70b/main.py b/language/llama2-70b/main.py
index 84ccf849ad..b4f35764a6 100644
--- a/language/llama2-70b/main.py
+++ b/language/llama2-70b/main.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def get_args():
     parser.add_argument(
         "--audit-conf",
         type=str,
-        default="audit.conf",
+        default="audit.config",
         help="audit config for LoadGen settings during compliance runs",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
diff --git a/language/llama3.1-405b/main.py b/language/llama3.1-405b/main.py
index 32f80060c2..562fb4aef4 100644
--- a/language/llama3.1-405b/main.py
+++ b/language/llama3.1-405b/main.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def get_args():
     parser.add_argument(
         "--audit-conf",
         type=str,
-        default="audit.conf",
+        default="audit.config",
         help="audit config for LoadGen settings during compliance runs",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
diff --git a/language/llama3.1-8b/main.py b/language/llama3.1-8b/main.py
index a489e7d2bc..37d159536e 100644
--- a/language/llama3.1-8b/main.py
+++ b/language/llama3.1-8b/main.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def get_args():
     parser.add_argument(
         "--audit-conf",
         type=str,
-        default="audit.conf",
+        default="audit.config",
         help="audit config for LoadGen settings during compliance runs",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
diff --git a/language/mixtral-8x7b/main.py b/language/mixtral-8x7b/main.py
index cd16e70323..c4b5d1eaef 100644
--- a/language/mixtral-8x7b/main.py
+++ b/language/mixtral-8x7b/main.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def get_args():
     parser.add_argument(
         "--audit-conf",
         type=str,
-        default="audit.conf",
+        default="audit.config",
         help="audit config for LoadGen settings during compliance runs",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
diff --git a/speech2text/reference_mlperf.py b/speech2text/reference_mlperf.py
index 782779126c..0699118fb6 100644
--- a/speech2text/reference_mlperf.py
+++ b/speech2text/reference_mlperf.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def get_args():
         help="user config for user LoadGen settings such as target QPS")
     parser.add_argument(
         "--audit_conf",
-        default="audit.conf",
+        default="audit.config",
         help="audit config for LoadGen settings during compliance runs")
     parser.add_argument("--dataset_dir", required=True)
     parser.add_argument("--model_path", default="openai/whisper-large-v3")