diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8779740..95ceb18 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 .prism.log
-.vscode
 _dev
 
 __pycache__
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 34dc535..a3bdfd2 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.8.2"
+  ".": "0.8.3"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.stats.yml b/.stats.yml
index 5c1470b..fbe1e82 100644
--- a/.stats.yml
+++ b/.stats.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 configured_endpoints: 19
-openapi_spec_url: https://storage.googleapis.com/stainless-sdk-openapi-specs/kernel%2Fkernel-5e4716f7fce42bbcecc7ecb699c1c467ae778d74d558f7a260d531e2af1a7f30.yml
-openapi_spec_hash: f545dcef9001b00c2604e3dcc6a12f7a
+openapi_spec_url: https://storage.googleapis.com/stainless-sdk-openapi-specs/kernel%2Fkernel-9f2d347a4bcb03aed092ba4495aac090c3d988e9a99af091ee35c09994adad8b.yml
+openapi_spec_hash: 73b92bd5503ab6c64dc26da31cca36e2
 config_hash: 65328ff206b8c0168c915914506d9dba
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b01030
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "python.analysis.importFormat": "relative",
+}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9a362ac..8fe9a35 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.8.3 (2025-08-01)
+
+Full Changelog: [v0.8.2...v0.8.3](https://github.com/onkernel/kernel-python-sdk/compare/v0.8.2...v0.8.3)
+
+### Features
+
+* **api:** lower default timeout to 5s ([6d43e73](https://github.com/onkernel/kernel-python-sdk/commit/6d43e73a5206d3faa99825d6ee49986a5d5919aa))
+* **api:** manual updates ([c6990ba](https://github.com/onkernel/kernel-python-sdk/commit/c6990ba5c9974f96270e1ca86e9d7935d7db03d7))
+* **client:** support file upload requests ([79b06da](https://github.com/onkernel/kernel-python-sdk/commit/79b06da326192ceb5edf703576bd25835cbed031))
+
+
+### Chores
+
+* **project:** add settings file for vscode ([c46aa48](https://github.com/onkernel/kernel-python-sdk/commit/c46aa48e7d07db3317b038c51b3c58a88b2d44d4))
+
 ## 0.8.2 (2025-07-23)
 
 Full Changelog: [v0.8.1...v0.8.2](https://github.com/onkernel/kernel-python-sdk/compare/v0.8.1...v0.8.2)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5a5d20e..5927c84 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "kernel"
-version = "0.8.2"
+version = "0.8.3"
 description = "The official Python library for the kernel API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/kernel/_base_client.py b/src/kernel/_base_client.py
index a654874..79cd090 100644
--- a/src/kernel/_base_client.py
+++ b/src/kernel/_base_client.py
@@ -532,7 +532,10 @@ def _build_request(
         is_body_allowed = options.method.lower() != "get"
 
         if is_body_allowed:
-            kwargs["json"] = json_data if is_given(json_data) else None
+            if isinstance(json_data, bytes):
+                kwargs["content"] = json_data
+            else:
+                kwargs["json"] = json_data if is_given(json_data) else None
             kwargs["files"] = files
         else:
             headers.pop("Content-Type", None)
diff --git a/src/kernel/_files.py b/src/kernel/_files.py
index 63dab8a..9a6dd19 100644
--- a/src/kernel/_files.py
+++ b/src/kernel/_files.py
@@ -69,12 +69,12 @@ def _transform_file(file: FileTypes) -> HttpxFileTypes:
         return file
 
     if is_tuple_t(file):
-        return (file[0], _read_file_content(file[1]), *file[2:])
+        return (file[0], read_file_content(file[1]), *file[2:])
 
     raise TypeError(f"Expected file types input to be a FileContent type or to be a tuple")
 
 
-def _read_file_content(file: FileContent) -> HttpxFileContent:
+def read_file_content(file: FileContent) -> HttpxFileContent:
     if isinstance(file, os.PathLike):
         return pathlib.Path(file).read_bytes()
     return file
@@ -111,12 +111,12 @@ async def _async_transform_file(file: FileTypes) -> HttpxFileTypes:
         return file
 
     if is_tuple_t(file):
-        return (file[0], await _async_read_file_content(file[1]), *file[2:])
+        return (file[0], await async_read_file_content(file[1]), *file[2:])
 
     raise TypeError(f"Expected file types input to be a FileContent type or to be a tuple")
 
 
-async def _async_read_file_content(file: FileContent) -> HttpxFileContent:
+async def async_read_file_content(file: FileContent) -> HttpxFileContent:
     if isinstance(file, os.PathLike):
         return await anyio.Path(file).read_bytes()
 
diff --git a/src/kernel/_version.py b/src/kernel/_version.py
index 0401c33..98240d7 100644
--- a/src/kernel/_version.py
+++ b/src/kernel/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "kernel"
-__version__ = "0.8.2"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "0.8.3"  # x-release-please-version