diff --git a/sdk/src/client/node_api/core/routes.rs b/sdk/src/client/node_api/core/routes.rs
index 76b7011579..f6ad04fc61 100644
--- a/sdk/src/client/node_api/core/routes.rs
+++ b/sdk/src/client/node_api/core/routes.rs
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ impl ClientInner {
         let block_dto = BlockDto::from(block);
 
         let response = self
-            .post_request_json::<SubmitBlockResponse>(PATH, serde_json::to_value(block_dto)?)
+            .post_request::<SubmitBlockResponse>(PATH, serde_json::to_value(block_dto)?)
             .await?;
 
         Ok(response.block_id)
@@ -167,14 +167,8 @@ impl ClientInner {
     pub async fn post_block_raw(&self, block: &Block) -> Result<BlockId> {
         const PATH: &str = "api/core/v3/blocks";
 
-        let timeout = self.get_timeout().await;
-
-        // TODO add Client::post_request_bytes
         let response = self
-            .node_manager
-            .read()
-            .await
-            .post_request_bytes::<SubmitBlockResponse>(PATH, timeout, &block.pack_to_vec())
+            .post_request_bytes::<SubmitBlockResponse>(PATH, &block.pack_to_vec())
             .await?;
 
         Ok(response.block_id)
diff --git a/sdk/src/client/node_api/plugin/mod.rs b/sdk/src/client/node_api/plugin/mod.rs
index e29edc92e3..a5c3d7d62c 100644
--- a/sdk/src/client/node_api/plugin/mod.rs
+++ b/sdk/src/client/node_api/plugin/mod.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ impl ClientInner {
 
         match req_method {
             Ok(Method::GET) => self.get_request(&path, None, false, false).await,
-            Ok(Method::POST) => self.post_request_json(&path, request_object.into()).await,
+            Ok(Method::POST) => self.post_request(&path, request_object.into()).await,
             _ => Err(crate::client::Error::Node(
                 crate::client::node_api::error::Error::NotSupported(method.to_string()),
             )),
diff --git a/sdk/src/client/node_manager/mod.rs b/sdk/src/client/node_manager/mod.rs
index 99c451ba67..08c4e364f9 100644
--- a/sdk/src/client/node_manager/mod.rs
+++ b/sdk/src/client/node_manager/mod.rs
@@ -84,9 +84,17 @@ impl ClientInner {
         request.await
     }
 
-    pub(crate) async fn post_request_json<T: DeserializeOwned>(&self, path: &str, json: Value) -> Result<T> {
+    pub(crate) async fn post_request<T: DeserializeOwned>(&self, path: &str, json: Value) -> Result<T> {
         let node_manager = self.node_manager.read().await;
-        let request = node_manager.post_request_json(path, self.get_timeout().await, json);
+        let request = node_manager.post_request(path, self.get_timeout().await, json);
+        #[cfg(not(target_family = "wasm"))]
+        let request = request.rate_limit(&self.request_pool);
+        request.await
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) async fn post_request_bytes<T: DeserializeOwned>(&self, path: &str, body: &[u8]) -> Result<T> {
+        let node_manager = self.node_manager.read().await;
+        let request = node_manager.post_request_bytes(path, self.get_timeout().await, body);
         #[cfg(not(target_family = "wasm"))]
         let request = request.rate_limit(&self.request_pool);
         request.await
@@ -340,7 +348,7 @@ impl NodeManager {
         Err(error.unwrap())
     }
 
-    pub(crate) async fn post_request_json<T: DeserializeOwned>(
+    pub(crate) async fn post_request<T: DeserializeOwned>(
         &self,
         path: &str,
         timeout: Duration,