diff --git a/crates/pypi-types/src/simple_json.rs b/crates/pypi-types/src/simple_json.rs
index 9380a9012..a0de88571 100644
--- a/crates/pypi-types/src/simple_json.rs
+++ b/crates/pypi-types/src/simple_json.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ fn sorted_simple_json_files<'de, D: Deserializer<'de>>(d: D) -> Result<Vec<File>
 #[serde(rename_all = "kebab-case")]
 pub struct File {
     // Non-PEP 691-compliant alias used by PyPI.
-    #[serde(alias = "data_dist_info_metadata")]
+    #[serde(alias = "data-dist-info-metadata")]
     pub dist_info_metadata: Option<DistInfoMetadata>,
     pub filename: String,
     pub hashes: Hashes,
diff --git a/crates/uv-client/src/registry_client.rs b/crates/uv-client/src/registry_client.rs
index f0f2915da..01497c9c4 100644
--- a/crates/uv-client/src/registry_client.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-client/src/registry_client.rs
@@ -459,6 +459,10 @@ impl RegistryClient {
             .client
             .uncached()
             .head(url.clone())
+            .header(
+                "accept-encoding",
+                http::HeaderValue::from_static("identity"),
+            )
             .build()
             .map_err(ErrorKind::RequestError)?;