diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index f487a2c1..844b2d1a 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
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+[[package]]
+name = "simplejson"
+version = "3.17.6"
+description = "Simple, fast, extensible JSON encoder/decoder for Python"
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=2.5, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "six"
 version = "1.16.0"
@@ -2240,7 +2248,7 @@ testing = ["flake8 (<5)", "func-timeout", "jaraco.functools", "jaraco.itertools"
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0ff379e5..f932da68 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ types-pytz = "^2022.1.1"
 # sqlalchemy-stubs = {develop = true, path = "/Users/kevin/projects/github/sqlalchemy-stubs"}
 # for now use my fork
 sqlalchemy-stubs = { git = "https://github.com/burnettk/sqlalchemy-stubs.git", rev = "scoped-session-delete" }
+simplejson = "^3.17.6"
 
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/service_task_service.py b/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/service_task_service.py
index 1c30da99..a5a6d4b6 100644
--- a/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/service_task_service.py
+++ b/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/service_task_service.py
@@ -22,10 +22,7 @@ class ServiceTaskDelegate:
     """ServiceTaskDelegate."""
 
     @staticmethod
-    def normalize_value(value: Any) -> Any:
-        """Normalize_value."""
-        if isinstance(value, dict):
-            value = json.dumps(value)
+    def check_prefixes(value: Any) -> Any:
 
         if isinstance(value, str):
             secret_prefix = "secret:"  # noqa: S105
@@ -48,13 +45,13 @@ class ServiceTaskDelegate:
     def call_connector(name: str, bpmn_params: Any, task_data: Any) -> str:
         """Calls a connector via the configured proxy."""
         params = {
-            k: ServiceTaskDelegate.normalize_value(v["value"])
+            k: ServiceTaskDelegate.check_prefixes(v["value"])
             for k, v in bpmn_params.items()
         }
-        params["spiff__task_data"] = json.dumps(task_data)
+        params["spiff__task_data"] = task_data
 
         proxied_response = requests.post(
-            f"{connector_proxy_url()}/v1/do/{name}", params
+            f"{connector_proxy_url()}/v1/do/{name}", json=params
         )
 
         if proxied_response.status_code != 200: