diff --git a/platform/statistics/uploader/src/com/intellij/internal/statistic/eventLog/connection/request/StatsRequestBuilder.java b/platform/statistics/uploader/src/com/intellij/internal/statistic/eventLog/connection/request/StatsRequestBuilder.java
index 589161bc8e21..5f71fc0b1dd5 100644
--- a/platform/statistics/uploader/src/com/intellij/internal/statistic/eventLog/connection/request/StatsRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/platform/statistics/uploader/src/com/intellij/internal/statistic/eventLog/connection/request/StatsRequestBuilder.java
@@ -176,8 +176,10 @@ public class StatsRequestBuilder {
       }
       builder.setHeader("Chunked", Boolean.toString(false));
       builder.setHeader("Content-Type", String.format(Locale.ENGLISH, "%s; charset=%s", myContentType, myCharset));
-      builder.setHeader("Content-Encoding", "gzip");
-      builder.POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofByteArray(getCompressedContent()));
+      // temporarily disable compression due to YC issues
+      //builder.setHeader("Content-Encoding", "gzip");
+      //builder.POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofByteArray(getCompressedContent()));
+      builder.POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(myContent, myCharset));
     }
     else if ("GET".equals(myMethod)) {
       builder.GET();