diff --git a/src/appservice-rest/Kudu/azure-app-kudu-service.ts b/src/appservice-rest/Kudu/azure-app-kudu-service.ts
index 2540ea4b..8a746d57 100644
--- a/src/appservice-rest/Kudu/azure-app-kudu-service.ts
+++ b/src/appservice-rest/Kudu/azure-app-kudu-service.ts
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ export class Kudu {
         };
 
         try {
-            let response = await this._client.beginRequest(httpRequest, null, 'application/octet-stream');
+            let response = await this._client.beginRequest(httpRequest, null, 'application/zip');
             core.debug(`One Deploy response: ${JSON.stringify(response)}`);
             if(response.statusCode == 200) {
                 core.debug('Deployment passed');