diff --git a/attestation/product/product.go b/attestation/product/product.go
index 8c9d6c34..d8614786 100644
--- a/attestation/product/product.go
+++ b/attestation/product/product.go
@@ -243,15 +243,25 @@ func (a *Attestor) Subjects() map[string]cryptoutil.DigestSet {
 	return subjects
 }
 
+func IsSPDXJson(buf []byte) bool {
+	header := buf[:500]
+	return bytes.Contains(header, []byte(`"spdxVersion":"SPDX-`)) || bytes.Contains(header, []byte(`"spdxVersion": "SPDX-`))
+}
+
+func IsCycloneDXJson(buf []byte) bool {
+	header := buf[:500]
+	return bytes.Contains(header, []byte(`"bomFormat":"CycloneDX"`)) || bytes.Contains(header, []byte(`"bomFormat": "CycloneDX"`))
+}
+
 func getFileContentType(fileName string) (string, error) {
 	// Add SPDX JSON detector
 	mimetype.Lookup("application/json").Extend(func(buf []byte, limit uint32) bool {
-		return bytes.HasPrefix(buf, []byte(`{"spdxVersion":"SPDX-`))
+		return IsSPDXJson(buf)
 	}, "application/spdx+json", ".spdx.json")
 
 	// Add CycloneDx JSON detector
 	mimetype.Lookup("application/json").Extend(func(buf []byte, limit uint32) bool {
-		return bytes.HasPrefix(buf, []byte(`{"$schema":"http://cyclonedx.org/schema/bom-`))
+		return IsCycloneDXJson(buf)
 	}, "application/vnd.cyclonedx+json", ".cdx.json")
 
 	// Add CycloneDx XML detector
diff --git a/attestation/sbom/sbom.go b/attestation/sbom/sbom.go
index 8da439f0..3732e119 100644
--- a/attestation/sbom/sbom.go
+++ b/attestation/sbom/sbom.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-go"
 	"github.com/in-toto/go-witness/attestation"
+	"github.com/in-toto/go-witness/attestation/product"
 	"github.com/in-toto/go-witness/cryptoutil"
 	"github.com/in-toto/go-witness/log"
 	"github.com/in-toto/go-witness/registry"
@@ -129,9 +130,9 @@ func (a *SBOMAttestor) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 }
 
 func (a *SBOMAttestor) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
-	if bytes.HasPrefix(data, []byte(`{"spdxVersion":"SPDX-`)) {
+	if product.IsSPDXJson(data) {
 		a.predicateType = SPDXPredicateType
-	} else if bytes.HasPrefix(data, []byte(`{"$schema":"http://cyclonedx.org/schema/bom-`)) {
+	} else if product.IsCycloneDXJson(data) {
 		a.predicateType = CycloneDxPredicateType
 	} else {
 		log.Warn("Unknown sbom predicate type")