diff --git a/components/feature/downloads/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/downloads/ext/DownloadState.kt b/components/feature/downloads/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/downloads/ext/DownloadState.kt
index 53cff70a32b..f65796d04cb 100644
--- a/components/feature/downloads/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/downloads/ext/DownloadState.kt
+++ b/components/feature/downloads/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/downloads/ext/DownloadState.kt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import mozilla.components.concept.fetch.Headers
 import mozilla.components.concept.fetch.Headers.Names.CONTENT_DISPOSITION
 import mozilla.components.concept.fetch.Headers.Names.CONTENT_LENGTH
 import mozilla.components.concept.fetch.Headers.Names.CONTENT_TYPE
+import mozilla.components.support.ktx.kotlin.sanitizeFileName
 import mozilla.components.support.utils.DownloadUtils
 import java.io.InputStream
 import java.net.URLConnection
@@ -35,12 +36,13 @@ internal fun DownloadState.withResponse(headers: Headers, stream: InputStream?):
         contentType = headers[CONTENT_TYPE]
     }
 
+    val newFileName = if (fileName.isNullOrBlank()) {
+        DownloadUtils.guessFileName(contentDisposition, destinationDirectory, url, contentType)
+    } else {
+        fileName
+    }
     return copy(
-        fileName = if (fileName.isNullOrBlank()) {
-            DownloadUtils.guessFileName(contentDisposition, destinationDirectory, url, contentType)
-        } else {
-            fileName
-        },
+        fileName = newFileName?.sanitizeFileName(),
         contentType = contentType,
         contentLength = contentLength ?: headers[CONTENT_LENGTH]?.toLongOrNull()
     )
diff --git a/components/support/ktx/src/main/java/mozilla/components/support/ktx/kotlin/String.kt b/components/support/ktx/src/main/java/mozilla/components/support/ktx/kotlin/String.kt
index ca9e36fef72..e14af6dd4db 100644
--- a/components/support/ktx/src/main/java/mozilla/components/support/ktx/kotlin/String.kt
+++ b/components/support/ktx/src/main/java/mozilla/components/support/ktx/kotlin/String.kt
@@ -146,7 +146,11 @@ fun String.sanitizeURL(): String {
  * For example for an input of "/../../../../../../directory/file.txt" you will get "file.txt"
  */
 fun String.sanitizeFileName(): String {
-    return this.substringAfterLast(File.separatorChar)
+    val file = File(this.substringAfterLast(File.separatorChar))
+    // Remove unwanted dots in the file name.
+    val name = file.nameWithoutExtension.replace(".", "")
+    val ext = file.extension
+    return "$name.$ext"
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/components/support/ktx/src/test/java/mozilla/components/support/ktx/kotlin/StringTest.kt b/components/support/ktx/src/test/java/mozilla/components/support/ktx/kotlin/StringTest.kt
index 198d447d037..8d383d1f464 100644
--- a/components/support/ktx/src/test/java/mozilla/components/support/ktx/kotlin/StringTest.kt
+++ b/components/support/ktx/src/test/java/mozilla/components/support/ktx/kotlin/StringTest.kt
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class StringTest {
 
     @Test
     fun sanitizeFileName() {
-        var file = "/../../../../../../../../../../directory/file.txt"
+        var file = "/../../../../../../../../../../directory/file.......txt"
         val fileName = "file.txt"
 
         assertEquals(fileName, file.sanitizeFileName())
diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index f7fe4c59cec..bd108f1741c 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ permalink: /changelog/
 
 * **feature-downloads**
   * 🚒 Bug fixed [issue #9033](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/android-components/issues/9033) - Fix resuming downloads in slow networks more details see the [Fenix issue](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/9354#issuecomment-731267368).
+  * 🚒 Bug fixed [issue #9073](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/android-components/issues/9073) - Fix crash downloading a file with multiple dots on it, for more details see the [Fenix issue](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/16443).
 
 * **feature-app-links**
     * Added handling of PackageItemInfo.packageName NullPointerException on some Xiaomi and TCL devices