diff --git a/cmd/thermal-uploader/uploadjob.go b/cmd/thermal-uploader/uploadjob.go
index 489fcbd..3166fe4 100644
--- a/cmd/thermal-uploader/uploadjob.go
+++ b/cmd/thermal-uploader/uploadjob.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"bufio"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
@@ -259,12 +258,7 @@ func (u *uploadJob) uploadFile(apiClient *api.CacophonyAPI) (int, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-	f, err := os.Open(u.filename)
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, err
-	}
-	defer f.Close()
-	return apiClient.UploadVideo(bufio.NewReader(f), data)
+	return apiClient.UploadVideo(u.filename, data)
 }
 
 func parseDateTime(filename string, layout string, utctime bool) (time.Time, error) {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7f9168b..25170aa 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/TheCacophonyProject/thermal-uploader
 go 1.25.0
 
 require (
-	github.com/TheCacophonyProject/go-api v1.2.3
+	github.com/TheCacophonyProject/go-api v1.3.0
 	github.com/TheCacophonyProject/go-config v1.9.1
 	github.com/TheCacophonyProject/go-utils v0.1.3
 	github.com/TheCacophonyProject/modemd v1.11.0-tc2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1a190d5..ae9a0cf 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ github.com/TheCacophonyProject/event-reporter/v3 v3.8.0 h1:FYNR+MX5ypyG7UWpogDnD
 github.com/TheCacophonyProject/event-reporter/v3 v3.8.0/go.mod h1:WTppJtTBxduasM1Or5SAh4Mm0YrTDnprOChjnGYgyEI=
 github.com/TheCacophonyProject/go-api v0.0.0-20190923033957-174cea2ac81c/go.mod h1:FfMpa4cFhNXQ9tuKG18HO6yLExezcJhzjUjBOFocrQw=
 github.com/TheCacophonyProject/go-api v1.0.4/go.mod h1:F7UUNgsLhbw7hsiNBMRB9kQz9uXXosVmNToqImz7EA8=
-github.com/TheCacophonyProject/go-api v1.2.3 h1:m+UpgU2/gYOPr80sCOi72ybnHHgVgfdIOIvkydU80TM=
-github.com/TheCacophonyProject/go-api v1.2.3/go.mod h1:innR3kf5xnua2wbnLvOudI13j2TU1sGY1dxJQJLRZkI=
+github.com/TheCacophonyProject/go-api v1.3.0 h1:HMmqbPj/wmXmu68C0LWJMM/xpQnGyjpvWsDQANQJVMI=
+github.com/TheCacophonyProject/go-api v1.3.0/go.mod h1:innR3kf5xnua2wbnLvOudI13j2TU1sGY1dxJQJLRZkI=
 github.com/TheCacophonyProject/go-config v0.0.0-20190922224052-7c2a21bc6b88/go.mod h1:gPUJLVu408NRz9/P3BrsxzOzLc+KJLrv+jVdDw3RI0Y=
 github.com/TheCacophonyProject/go-config v1.9.0/go.mod h1:+y80PSRZudMYuVrYTGOvzc66NxVJWKS4TuU442vmvhY=
 github.com/TheCacophonyProject/go-config v1.9.1 h1:TCeogtNYg5eHx2q97DQ1B+RsbjacW+jr7h1TCv1FpAk=