diff --git a/skyvern/config.py b/skyvern/config.py
index 57cbf070..341c76c3 100644
--- a/skyvern/config.py
+++ b/skyvern/config.py
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     # GEMINI
     GEMINI_API_KEY: str | None = None
     GEMINI_INCLUDE_THOUGHT: bool = False
-    GEMINI_THINKING_BUDGET: int | None = 500
+    GEMINI_THINKING_BUDGET: int | None = None
 
     # VERTEX_AI
     VERTEX_CREDENTIALS: str | None = None
diff --git a/skyvern/forge/sdk/core/aiohttp_helper.py b/skyvern/forge/sdk/core/aiohttp_helper.py
index 1ce597e6..cd9ef914 100644
--- a/skyvern/forge/sdk/core/aiohttp_helper.py
+++ b/skyvern/forge/sdk/core/aiohttp_helper.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ async def aiohttp_request(
     method: str,
     url: str,
     headers: dict[str, str] | None = None,
+    *,
+    body: dict[str, Any] | str | None = None,
     data: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
     json_data: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
     cookies: dict[str, str] | None = None,
@@ -39,10 +41,17 @@ async def aiohttp_request(
 
         # Handle body based on content type and method
         if method.upper() != "GET":
+            # Explicit overrides first
             if json_data is not None:
                 request_kwargs["json"] = json_data
             elif data is not None:
                 request_kwargs["data"] = data
+            elif body is not None:
+                content_type = (headers or {}).get("Content-Type") or (headers or {}).get("content-type") or ""
+                if "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" in content_type.lower():
+                    request_kwargs["data"] = body
+                else:
+                    request_kwargs["json"] = body
 
         async with session.request(method.upper(), **request_kwargs) as response:
             response_headers = dict(response.headers)
diff --git a/skyvern/forge/sdk/workflow/models/block.py b/skyvern/forge/sdk/workflow/models/block.py
index 80aaf946..9322d6c0 100644
--- a/skyvern/forge/sdk/workflow/models/block.py
+++ b/skyvern/forge/sdk/workflow/models/block.py
@@ -3891,7 +3891,7 @@ class HttpRequestBlock(Block):
                 method=self.method,
                 url=self.url,
                 headers=self.headers,
-                json_data=self.body,
+                body=self.body,
                 timeout=self.timeout,
                 follow_redirects=self.follow_redirects,
             )