diff --git a/nodes/node/binary/src/api/backend.rs b/nodes/node/binary/src/api/backend.rs
index dc9e641ac..ff836759f 100644
--- a/nodes/node/binary/src/api/backend.rs
+++ b/nodes/node/binary/src/api/backend.rs
@@ -275,6 +275,9 @@ where
 
         let app = app
             .with_state(handle.clone())
+            .layer(axum::extract::DefaultBodyLimit::max(
+                self.settings.max_body_size,
+            ))
             .layer(TimeoutLayer::new(self.settings.timeout))
             .layer(RequestBodyLimitLayer::new(self.settings.max_body_size))
             .layer(ConcurrencyLimitLayer::new(
diff --git a/nodes/node/binary/src/api/testing/backend.rs b/nodes/node/binary/src/api/testing/backend.rs
index a55551ea6..71a864b25 100644
--- a/nodes/node/binary/src/api/testing/backend.rs
+++ b/nodes/node/binary/src/api/testing/backend.rs
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ where
                 get(get_sdp_declarations::<RuntimeServiceId>),
             )
             .with_state(handle)
+            .layer(axum::extract::DefaultBodyLimit::max(
+                self.settings.max_body_size,
+            ))
             .layer(TimeoutLayer::new(self.settings.timeout))
             .layer(RequestBodyLimitLayer::new(self.settings.max_body_size))
             .layer(ConcurrencyLimitLayer::new(