diff --git a/src/management-system-v2/lib/helpers/processVersioning.ts b/src/management-system-v2/lib/helpers/processVersioning.ts
index 55fd05ef0..0e5de23d2 100644
--- a/src/management-system-v2/lib/helpers/processVersioning.ts
+++ b/src/management-system-v2/lib/helpers/processVersioning.ts
@@ -168,6 +168,9 @@ async function versionUserTasks(
             path: { definitionId: processInfo.definitionId, userTaskFileName: versionFileName },
           },
           body: userTaskHTML,
+          headers: new Headers({
+            'Content-Type': 'text/plain',
+          }),
           parseAs: 'text',
         });
       }