diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Webhook.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Webhook.node.ts
index 163f33268..e2efa73e1 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Webhook.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Webhook.node.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import {
+	BINARY_ENCODING,
 	IWebhookFunctions,
 } from 'n8n-core';
 
@@ -330,7 +331,7 @@ export class Webhook implements INodeType {
 						const fileContent = await fs.promises.readFile(files[file].path);
 						const buffer = Buffer.from(fileContent);
 						set(returnData[0], `binary[${fileName}]`, {
-							data: buffer.toString('base64'),
+							data: buffer.toString(BINARY_ENCODING),
 							mimeType: fileJson.type,
 							fileName: fileJson.name,
 							fileExtension,
@@ -357,7 +358,7 @@ export class Webhook implements INodeType {
 			response.binary = {
 				data: {
 					// @ts-ignore
-					data: req.rawBody.toString('base64'),
+					data: req.rawBody.toString(BINARY_ENCODING),
 					mimeType,
 				}
 			};