diff --git a/index-scheduler/src/lib.rs b/index-scheduler/src/lib.rs
index 9544004cc..adb3d4942 100644
--- a/index-scheduler/src/lib.rs
+++ b/index-scheduler/src/lib.rs
@@ -1395,7 +1395,9 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
 
             // let reader = GzEncoder::new(BufReader::new(task_reader), Compression::default());
             let reader = GzEncoder::new(BufReader::new(task_reader), Compression::default());
-            let request = ureq::post(url).set("Content-Encoding", "gzip");
+            let request = ureq::post(url)
+                .set("Content-Encoding", "gzip")
+                .set("Content-Type", "application/x-ndjson");
             let request = match &self.webhook_authorization_header {
                 Some(header) => request.set("Authorization", header),
                 None => request,
diff --git a/meilisearch/tests/tasks/webhook.rs b/meilisearch/tests/tasks/webhook.rs
index a18a93edb..b01ef3d5a 100644
--- a/meilisearch/tests/tasks/webhook.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/tests/tasks/webhook.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use actix_http::body::MessageBody;
 use actix_web::dev::{ServiceFactory, ServiceResponse};
 use actix_web::web::{Bytes, Data};
-use actix_web::{post, App, HttpResponse, HttpServer};
+use actix_web::{post, App, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, HttpServer};
 use meili_snap::{json_string, snapshot};
 use meilisearch::Opt;
 use tokio::sync::mpsc;
@@ -17,7 +17,17 @@ use crate::common::{default_settings, Server};
 use crate::json;
 
 #[post("/")]
-async fn forward_body(sender: Data<mpsc::UnboundedSender<Vec<u8>>>, body: Bytes) -> HttpResponse {
+async fn forward_body(
+    req: HttpRequest,
+    sender: Data<mpsc::UnboundedSender<Vec<u8>>>,
+    body: Bytes,
+) -> HttpResponse {
+    let headers = req.headers();
+    assert_eq!(headers.get("content-type").unwrap(), "application/x-ndjson");
+    assert_eq!(headers.get("transfer-encoding").unwrap(), "chunked");
+    assert_eq!(headers.get("accept-encoding").unwrap(), "gzip");
+    assert_eq!(headers.get("content-encoding").unwrap(), "gzip");
+
     let body = body.to_vec();
     sender.send(body).unwrap();
     HttpResponse::Ok().into()