diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bc86eee..7aa37f7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ dependencies = [
     'pydantic>=2.7,<2.9',
     'pydantic-settings>=2.0',
     'aind-data-schema>=1.0.0',
-    'aind-data-transfer-models==0.8.4'
+    'aind-data-transfer-models==0.8.5'
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
diff --git a/tests/test_server.py b/tests/test_server.py
index 8552202..69e18c4 100644
--- a/tests/test_server.py
+++ b/tests/test_server.py
@@ -1611,7 +1611,7 @@ def test_submit_v1_jobs_200_trigger_capsule_configs(
         self,
         mock_post: MagicMock,
     ):
-        """Tests suubmission when user adds trigger_capsule_configs"""
+        """Tests submission when user adds trigger_capsule_configs"""
 
         mock_response = Response()
         mock_response.status_code = 200
@@ -1658,6 +1658,53 @@ def test_submit_v1_jobs_200_trigger_capsule_configs(
             )
         self.assertEqual(200, submit_job_response.status_code)
 
+    @patch.dict(os.environ, EXAMPLE_ENV_VAR1, clear=True)
+    @patch("requests.post")
+    def test_submit_v1_jobs_200_basic_serialization(
+        self,
+        mock_post: MagicMock,
+    ):
+        """Tests submission when user posts standard pydantic json"""
+
+        mock_response = Response()
+        mock_response.status_code = 200
+        mock_response._content = json.dumps({"message": "sent"}).encode(
+            "utf-8"
+        )
+        mock_post.return_value = mock_response
+        ephys_source_dir = PurePosixPath("shared_drive/ephys_data/690165")
+
+        s3_bucket = "private"
+        subject_id = "690165"
+        acq_datetime = datetime(2024, 2, 19, 11, 25, 17)
+        platform = Platform.ECEPHYS
+
+        ephys_config = ModalityConfigs(
+            modality=Modality.ECEPHYS,
+            source=ephys_source_dir,
+        )
+        project_name = "Ephys Platform"
+
+        upload_job_configs = BasicUploadJobConfigs(
+            project_name=project_name,
+            s3_bucket=s3_bucket,
+            platform=platform,
+            subject_id=subject_id,
+            acq_datetime=acq_datetime,
+            modalities=[ephys_config],
+        )
+
+        upload_jobs = [upload_job_configs]
+        submit_request = SubmitJobRequest(upload_jobs=upload_jobs)
+
+        post_request_content = json.loads(submit_request.model_dump_json())
+
+        with TestClient(app) as client:
+            submit_job_response = client.post(
+                url="/api/v1/submit_jobs", json=post_request_content
+            )
+        self.assertEqual(200, submit_job_response.status_code)
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()