diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/server/sdk.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/server/sdk.ts
index 6c4dd4712a1a..eab3e4b1a8a0 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/server/sdk.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/server/sdk.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import * as path from 'node:path';
 import { applySdkMetadata, flush, getGlobalScope } from '@sentry/core';
 import { logger, vercelWaitUntil } from '@sentry/core';
 import {
@@ -33,23 +34,26 @@ export function init(options: SentryNuxtServerOptions): Client | undefined {
 }
 
 /**
- * Filter out transactions for Nuxt build assets
- * This regex matches the default path to the nuxt-generated build assets (`_nuxt`).
+ * Filter out transactions for resource requests which we don't want to send to Sentry
+ * for quota reasons.
  *
  * Only exported for testing
  */
 export function lowQualityTransactionsFilter(options: SentryNuxtServerOptions): EventProcessor {
   return Object.assign(
     (event => {
-      if (event.type === 'transaction' && event.transaction?.match(/^GET \/_nuxt\//)) {
-        // todo: the buildAssetDir could be changed in the nuxt config - change this to a more generic solution
+      if (event.type !== 'transaction' || !event.transaction) {
+        return event;
+      }
+      // We don't want to send transaction for file requests, so everything ending with a *.someExtension should be filtered out
+      // path.extname will return an empty string for normal page requests
+      if (path.extname(event.transaction)) {
         options.debug &&
           DEBUG_BUILD &&
           logger.log('NuxtLowQualityTransactionsFilter filtered transaction: ', event.transaction);
         return null;
-      } else {
-        return event;
       }
+      return event;
     }) satisfies EventProcessor,
     { id: 'NuxtLowQualityTransactionsFilter' },
   );
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/test/server/sdk.test.ts b/packages/nuxt/test/server/sdk.test.ts
index 56888afc9a79..611c24e1dcf4 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/test/server/sdk.test.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/test/server/sdk.test.ts
@@ -45,45 +45,39 @@ describe('Nuxt Server SDK', () => {
       expect(init({})).not.toBeUndefined();
     });
 
-    it('filters out low quality transactions', async () => {
+    describe('low quality transactions filter (%s)', () => {
       const beforeSendEvent = vi.fn(event => event);
       const client = init({
         dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
       }) as NodeClient;
       client.on('beforeSendEvent', beforeSendEvent);
 
-      client.captureEvent({ type: 'transaction', transaction: 'GET /' });
-      client.captureEvent({ type: 'transaction', transaction: 'GET /_nuxt/some_asset.js' });
-      // Although this has the name of the build asset directory (_nuxt), it should not be filtered out as it would not match the regex
-      client.captureEvent({ type: 'transaction', transaction: 'GET _nuxt/some_asset.js' });
-      client.captureEvent({ type: 'transaction', transaction: 'POST /_server' });
-
-      await client!.flush();
+      it.each([
+        [
+          'GET /_nuxt/some_asset.js',
+          'GET _nuxt/some_asset.js',
+          'GET /icons/favicon.ico',
+          'GET /assets/logo.png',
+          'GET /icons/zones/forest.svg',
+        ],
+      ])('filters out low quality transactions', async transaction => {
+        client.captureEvent({ type: 'transaction', transaction });
+        await client!.flush();
+        expect(beforeSendEvent).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
 
-      expect(beforeSendEvent).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
-      expect(beforeSendEvent).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-        expect.objectContaining({
-          transaction: 'GET /',
-        }),
-        expect.any(Object),
-      );
-      expect(beforeSendEvent).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-        expect.objectContaining({
-          transaction: 'GET _nuxt/some_asset.js',
-        }),
-        expect.any(Object),
-      );
-      expect(beforeSendEvent).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-        expect.objectContaining({
-          transaction: 'GET /_nuxt/some_asset.js',
-        }),
-        expect.any(Object),
-      );
-      expect(beforeSendEvent).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-        expect.objectContaining({
-          transaction: 'POST /_server',
-        }),
-        expect.any(Object),
+      it.each(['GET /', 'POST /_server'])(
+        'does not filter out high quality or route transactions (%s)',
+        async transaction => {
+          client.captureEvent({ type: 'transaction', transaction });
+          await client!.flush();
+          expect(beforeSendEvent).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            expect.objectContaining({
+              transaction,
+            }),
+            expect.any(Object),
+          );
+        },
       );
     });