diff --git a/src/quantum/azext_quantum/__init__.py b/src/quantum/azext_quantum/__init__.py
index c32444a301f..d404eaf6130 100644
--- a/src/quantum/azext_quantum/__init__.py
+++ b/src/quantum/azext_quantum/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # This is the version reported by the CLI to the service when submitting requests.
 # This should be in sync with the extension version in 'setup.py', unless we need to
 # submit using a different version.
-CLI_REPORTED_VERSION = "1.0.0b4"
+CLI_REPORTED_VERSION = "1.0.0b4.dev3"
 
 
 class QuantumCommandsLoader(AzCommandsLoader):
diff --git a/src/quantum/azext_quantum/operations/job.py b/src/quantum/azext_quantum/operations/job.py
index 70a6231c295..b811c519f52 100644
--- a/src/quantum/azext_quantum/operations/job.py
+++ b/src/quantum/azext_quantum/operations/job.py
@@ -242,7 +242,8 @@ def submit(cmd, resource_group_name, workspace_name, location, target_id, job_in
 
     knack_logger.warning("Uploading input data...")
     try:
-        blob_uri = upload_blob(container_client, blob_name, content_type, content_encoding, blob_data, False)
+        # blob_uri = upload_blob(container_client, blob_name, content_type, content_encoding, blob_data, False)
+        blob_uri = upload_blob(container_client, blob_name, content_type, content_encoding, blob_data, True)
     except Exception as e:
         # Unexplained behavior:
         #    QIR bitcode input and QIO (gzip) input data get UnicodeDecodeError on jobs run in tests using
diff --git a/src/quantum/setup.py b/src/quantum/setup.py
index c388227c883..59c8ba4ffd1 100644
--- a/src/quantum/setup.py
+++ b/src/quantum/setup.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # This version should match the latest entry in HISTORY.rst
 # Also, when updating this, please review the version used by the extension to
 # submit requests, which can be found at './azext_quantum/__init__.py'
-VERSION = '1.0.0b4'
+VERSION = '1.0.0b4.dev3'
 
 # The full list of classifiers is available at
 # https://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=list_classifiers