diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5ba9c64..35904db 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## [Version 1.2.4](https://github.com/dataiku/dss-plugin-api-connect/releases/tag/v1.2.4) - Feature release - 2025-02-18
+## [Version 1.2.4](https://github.com/dataiku/dss-plugin-api-connect/releases/tag/v1.2.4) - Feature and bugfix release - 2025-02-18
 
 - Fix xml decoding for content type application/rss+xml
 - Let use the *Other credentials* stored in the user's profile
+- Prevent recipe from inferring its input data types
 
 ## [Version 1.2.3](https://github.com/dataiku/dss-plugin-api-connect/releases/tag/v1.2.3) - Feature and bugfix release - 2024-11-25
 
diff --git a/custom-recipes/api-connect/recipe.py b/custom-recipes/api-connect/recipe.py
index c2aed34..54fd9ad 100644
--- a/custom-recipes/api-connect/recipe.py
+++ b/custom-recipes/api-connect/recipe.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def get_partitioning_keys(id_list, dku_flow_variables):
 input_parameters_dataset = dataiku.Dataset(input_A_names[0])
 partitioning_keys = get_partitioning_keys(input_parameters_dataset, dku_flow_variables)
 custom_key_values.update(partitioning_keys)
-input_parameters_dataframe = input_parameters_dataset.get_dataframe()
+input_parameters_dataframe = input_parameters_dataset.get_dataframe(infer_with_pandas=False)
 
 recipe_session = RestApiRecipeSession(
     custom_key_values,
diff --git a/python-lib/dku_constants.py b/python-lib/dku_constants.py
index dacd8ba..8a75910 100644
--- a/python-lib/dku_constants.py
+++ b/python-lib/dku_constants.py
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ class DKUConstants(object):
     API_RESPONSE_KEY = "api_response"
     FORBIDDEN_KEYS = ["token", "password", "api_key_value", "secure_token"]
     FORM_DATA_BODY_FORMAT = "FORM_DATA"
-    PLUGIN_VERSION = "1.2.4-beta.1"
+    PLUGIN_VERSION = "1.2.4-beta.2"
     RAW_BODY_FORMAT = "RAW"
     REPONSE_ERROR_KEY = "dku_error"