diff --git a/src/telliot_feeds/queries/abi_query.py b/src/telliot_feeds/queries/abi_query.py
index 1344cdba..b38b962e 100644
--- a/src/telliot_feeds/queries/abi_query.py
+++ b/src/telliot_feeds/queries/abi_query.py
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
+import codecs
 from typing import ClassVar
 from typing import Optional
 
+import pkg_resources
 from clamfig import deserialize
 from clamfig.base import Registry
 from eth_abi import decode_abi
 from eth_abi import encode_abi
+from eth_abi.encoding import TextStringEncoder
+from eth_abi.utils.numeric import ceil32
+from eth_abi.utils.padding import zpad_right
 
 from telliot_feeds.queries.query import OracleQuery
 from telliot_feeds.utils.log import get_logger
@@ -13,6 +18,28 @@
 logger = get_logger(__name__)
 
 
+"""This is a temporary fix for the bug in eth-abi versions < 4.0.0
+when empty strings are encoded extra zeros were being added eth-abi version >= 4.0.0 addresses this issue
+but upgrading the package will break the telliot_feeds package due dependency version conflicts"""
+version = pkg_resources.get_distribution("eth-abi").version
+pkg_version = int(version.split(".")[0])
+
+
+if pkg_version < 4:
+
+    @classmethod
+    def encode(cls, value):  # type: ignore
+        cls.validate_value(value)
+
+        value_as_bytes = codecs.encode(value, "utf8")
+        value_length = len(value_as_bytes)
+        encoded_size = encode_abi(["uint256"], [value_length])
+        padded_value = zpad_right(value_as_bytes, ceil32(value_length))
+        return encoded_size + padded_value
+
+    TextStringEncoder.encode = encode  # type: ignore
+
+
 class AbiQuery(OracleQuery):
     """An Oracle Query that uses ABI-encoding to compute the query_data.
 
diff --git a/src/telliot_feeds/queries/inflation_data.py b/src/telliot_feeds/queries/inflation_data.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dad01856
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/telliot_feeds/queries/inflation_data.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+"""Abi query for inflation data spec"""
+import logging
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import Optional
+
+from telliot_feeds.dtypes.float_type import UnsignedFloatType
+from telliot_feeds.dtypes.value_type import ValueType
+from telliot_feeds.queries.abi_query import AbiQuery
+
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+@dataclass
+class InflationData(AbiQuery):
+    """
+    More info: https://github.com/tellor-io/dataSpecs/blob/main/types/InflationData.md
+
+    Attributes:
+        - location: The area of the world where the data was collected (e.g. USA)
+        - agency: The acronym for or full name of the agency that collected the data (e.g. BLS)
+        - category: The category should describe which basket of goods is used to calculate inflation of (e.g. housing)
+        - description: The description should include additional information needed to differentiate the
+        data.(e.g. index)
+    """
+
+    location: Optional[str] = None
+    agency: Optional[str] = None
+    category: Optional[str] = None
+    description: Optional[str] = None
+
+    #: ABI used for encoding/decoding parameters
+    abi = [
+        {"name": "location", "type": "string"},
+        {"name": "agency", "type": "string"},
+        {"name": "category", "type": "string"},
+        {"name": "description", "type": "string"},
+    ]
+
+    @property
+    def value_type(self) -> ValueType:
+        """Data type returned for a InflationData query.
+
+        - `ufixed256x18`: 256-bit unsigned integer with 18 decimals of precision
+        - `packed`: false
+        """
+        return UnsignedFloatType(abi_type="ufixed256x18", packed=False)
diff --git a/tests/queries/test_inflation_data_query.py b/tests/queries/test_inflation_data_query.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f478331f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/test_inflation_data_query.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+from telliot_feeds.queries.inflation_data import InflationData
+
+
+def test_inflation_data_query():
+    """Test InflationData query encoding"""
+    q = InflationData(
+        location="USA",
+        agency="BLS",
+        category="",
+        description="CPI",
+    )
+
+    assert (
+        q.query_data.hex()
+        == "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000400000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000080000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000d496e666c6174696f6e44617461000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000160000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000008000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000c000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000120000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000355534100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000003424c530000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000034350490000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"  # noqa: E501
+    )
+    assert q.query_id.hex() == "389577823bc36cc44f87d115fcf1d681b9a12be480d449e85013a8cd788fc58a"