Uploading large files fails with an exception

I'm using axios.put together with raw data to be uploaded to a server which doesn't accept multipart/form data. This works fine as long as the data to be uploaded is smaller than 512 MB. As soon as I try to use larger packages the axios.put fails with the following exception:

Node:buffer:798

return this.utf8Slice(0, this.length);
^
Error: Cannot create a string longer than 0x1fffffe8 characters
at Buffer.toString (node:buffer:798:17)
at Object.isFormData (file:///mytest/node_modules/axios/lib/utils.js:195:42)
at Object.transformRequest (file:///mytest/node_modules/axios/lib/defaults/index.js:55:30)
at transform (file:///mytest/node_modules/axios/lib/core/transformData.js:22:15)
at Object.forEach (file:///mytest/node_modules/axios/lib/utils.js:251:10)
at Object.transformData (file:///mytest/node_modules/axios/lib/core/transformData.js:21:9)
at Axios.dispatchRequest (file:///mytest/node_modules/axios/lib/core/dispatchRequest.js:40:31)
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5) {
code: 'ERR_STRING_TOO_LONG'

Why does axios try to interpret my request data as string even if Content-Type is set to "application/octet-stream"

To Reproduce

  const buffer = fs.readFileSync(path);

  const config: AxiosRequestConfig = {
    url: url,
    method: options.method,
    headers: options.headers,
    data: buffer
  };

  const ax  = axios.create();
  ax.request(config).then(axiosResponse => {
    //do something with the response 
 })

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Expected behavior

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Axios Version

1.3.5

Adapter Version

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Browser

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Browser Version

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Node.js Version

18.15.0

OS

Windows 10 22H2

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