diff --git a/components/content-service/pkg/service/usage-report-service.go b/components/content-service/pkg/service/usage-report-service.go
index f4437dedb49168..81ddc35c5397e5 100644
--- a/components/content-service/pkg/service/usage-report-service.go
+++ b/components/content-service/pkg/service/usage-report-service.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func (us *UsageReportService) UploadURL(ctx context.Context, req *api.UsageRepor
 	}
 
 	info, err := us.s.SignUpload(ctx, us.bucketName, req.Name, &storage.SignedURLOptions{
-		ContentType: "*/*",
+		ContentType: "application/json",
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		log.WithField("name", req.Name).
diff --git a/components/usage/pkg/contentservice/client.go b/components/usage/pkg/contentservice/client.go
index f562e75fc2f979..5e9529b759c004 100644
--- a/components/usage/pkg/contentservice/client.go
+++ b/components/usage/pkg/contentservice/client.go
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ func (c *Client) UploadUsageReport(ctx context.Context, filename string, report
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to construct http request: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Encoding", "gzip")
 
 	log.Infof("Uploading %q to object storage...", filename)