diff --git a/server/managers/PodcastManager.js b/server/managers/PodcastManager.js
index 0a32e3ca..456927c8 100644
--- a/server/managers/PodcastManager.js
+++ b/server/managers/PodcastManager.js
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ const LibraryItem = require('../objects/LibraryItem')
 
 class PodcastManager {
   constructor() {
+    /** @type {PodcastEpisodeDownload[]} */
     this.downloadQueue = []
+    /** @type {PodcastEpisodeDownload} */
     this.currentDownload = null
 
     this.failedCheckMap = {}
@@ -63,6 +65,11 @@ class PodcastManager {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   *
+   * @param {PodcastEpisodeDownload} podcastEpisodeDownload
+   * @returns
+   */
   async startPodcastEpisodeDownload(podcastEpisodeDownload) {
     if (this.currentDownload) {
       this.downloadQueue.push(podcastEpisodeDownload)
@@ -106,7 +113,7 @@ class PodcastManager {
     }
 
     let success = false
-    if (this.currentDownload.urlFileExtension === 'mp3') {
+    if (this.currentDownload.isMp3) {
       // Download episode and tag it
       success = await ffmpegHelpers.downloadPodcastEpisode(this.currentDownload).catch((error) => {
         Logger.error(`[PodcastManager] Podcast Episode download failed`, error)
diff --git a/server/objects/PodcastEpisodeDownload.js b/server/objects/PodcastEpisodeDownload.js
index 86a85801..eb9f059a 100644
--- a/server/objects/PodcastEpisodeDownload.js
+++ b/server/objects/PodcastEpisodeDownload.js
@@ -53,6 +53,20 @@ class PodcastEpisodeDownload {
     if (globals.SupportedAudioTypes.includes(extname)) return extname
     return 'mp3'
   }
+  get enclosureType() {
+    const enclosureType = this.podcastEpisode?.enclosure?.type
+    return typeof enclosureType === 'string' ? enclosureType : null
+  }
+  /**
+   * RSS feed may have an episode with file extension of mp3 but the specified enclosure type is not mpeg.
+   * @see https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/issues/3711
+   *
+   * @returns {boolean}
+   */
+  get isMp3() {
+    if (this.enclosureType && !this.enclosureType.includes('mpeg')) return false
+    return this.fileExtension === 'mp3'
+  }
 
   get targetFilename() {
     const appendage = this.appendEpisodeId ? ` (${this.podcastEpisode.id})` : ''