diff --git a/platform/statistics/uploader/src/com/intellij/internal/statistic/eventLog/connection/EventLogStatisticsService.java b/platform/statistics/uploader/src/com/intellij/internal/statistic/eventLog/connection/EventLogStatisticsService.java
index fc54f00021d2..53b7951bd4a1 100644
--- a/platform/statistics/uploader/src/com/intellij/internal/statistic/eventLog/connection/EventLogStatisticsService.java
+++ b/platform/statistics/uploader/src/com/intellij/internal/statistic/eventLog/connection/EventLogStatisticsService.java
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public class EventLogStatisticsService implements StatisticsService {
         try {
           logger.info("Statistics. Starting sending " + file.getName() + " to " + serviceUrl);
           StatsHttpRequests.post(serviceUrl, connectionSettings).
-            withBody(LogEventSerializer.INSTANCE.toString(recordRequest), "application/json", StandardCharsets.UTF_8).
+            withBody(LogEventSerializer.INSTANCE.toString(recordRequest), "application/octet-stream", StandardCharsets.UTF_8).
             succeed((r, code) -> {
               toRemove.add(file);
               decorator.onSucceed(recordRequest, loadAndLogResponse(logger, r, file), file.getAbsolutePath());
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 2f51251ba6a6..096ac651c1ac 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
@@ -186,10 +186,8 @@ public class StatsRequestBuilder {
       }
       builder.setHeader("Chunked", Boolean.toString(false));
       builder.setHeader("Content-Type", String.format(Locale.ENGLISH, "%s; charset=%s", myContentType, myCharset));
-      // 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));
+      builder.setHeader("Content-Encoding", "gzip");
+      builder.POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofByteArray(getCompressedContent()));
     }
     else if ("GET".equals(myMethod)) {
       builder.GET();