diff --git a/app/services/service_provider_updater.rb b/app/services/service_provider_updater.rb
index a2ad412b0..ceb1af4de 100644
--- a/app/services/service_provider_updater.rb
+++ b/app/services/service_provider_updater.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 class ServiceProviderUpdater
   def self.ping(body=nil)
-    resp = conn.post {|req| req.body = body.to_json if body.present? }
+    resp = conn.post {|req| req.body = Zlib.gzip(body.to_json) if body.present? }
 
     status_code = resp.status
     return status_code if status_code == 200
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ def idp_url
     def headers
       {
         'X-LOGIN-DASHBOARD-TOKEN' => IdentityConfig.store.dashboard_api_token,
-        'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
+        'Content-Type' => 'gzip/json',
+        'Content-Encoding' => 'gzip',
       }
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/services/service_provider_updater_spec.rb b/spec/services/service_provider_updater_spec.rb
index a7e7c231b..d705bc245 100644
--- a/spec/services/service_provider_updater_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/service_provider_updater_spec.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
   let(:headers) do
     {
       'X-LOGIN-DASHBOARD-TOKEN' => token,
-      'Content-Type' => 'application/json'
+      'Content-Type' => 'gzip/json',
+      'Content-Encoding' => 'gzip'
       }
   end