diff --git a/config/settings/common_settings.py b/config/settings/common_settings.py
index c2d6e52d30..2e5bb1c3ee 100644
--- a/config/settings/common_settings.py
+++ b/config/settings/common_settings.py
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ def pipe_delim(pipe_string):
     'DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES': [
         'rest_framework.permissions.IsAuthenticated',
     ],
+    'DEFAULT_PARSER_CLASSES': [
+        'rest_framework.parsers.JSONParser',
+    ],
     'DEFAULT_FILTER_BACKENDS': (
         'django_filters.rest_framework.DjangoFilterBackend',
         'rest_framework.filters.OrderingFilter',
diff --git a/mathesar/api/db/viewsets/data_files.py b/mathesar/api/db/viewsets/data_files.py
index f2477d22c2..fc20278de3 100644
--- a/mathesar/api/db/viewsets/data_files.py
+++ b/mathesar/api/db/viewsets/data_files.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from rest_framework import status, viewsets
 from rest_framework.mixins import CreateModelMixin, ListModelMixin, RetrieveModelMixin
 from rest_framework.response import Response
+from rest_framework.parsers import MultiPartParser, JSONParser
 
 from mathesar.api.dj_filters import DataFileFilter
 import mathesar.api.exceptions.data_import_exceptions.exceptions
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ class DataFileViewSet(viewsets.GenericViewSet, ListModelMixin, RetrieveModelMixi
     pagination_class = DefaultLimitOffsetPagination
     filter_backends = (filters.DjangoFilterBackend,)
     filterset_class = DataFileFilter
+    parser_classes = [MultiPartParser, JSONParser]
 
     def partial_update(self, request, pk=None):
         serializer = DataFileSerializer(