diff --git a/geoportal-service/CHANGELOG.md b/geoportal-service/CHANGELOG.md
index 9cb5a83..22d35c2 100644
--- a/geoportal-service/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/geoportal-service/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog for org.gcube.application.geoportal-service
 
+## [v1.2.1-SNAPSHOT] - 2024-10-02
+
+- Included the file size to reduce/optimize the time to upload files to the storage hub [#28150]
+
 ## [v1.2.0] - 2024-09-24
 
 - Integrated the EventManager of the cms-plugin-framework [#26321]
diff --git a/geoportal-service/pom.xml b/geoportal-service/pom.xml
index c8c58ef..1ad86b4 100644
--- a/geoportal-service/pom.xml
+++ b/geoportal-service/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.gcube.application</groupId>
 	<artifactId>geoportal-service</artifactId>
-	<version>1.2.0</version>
+	<version>1.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>Geoportal Service</name>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
 
diff --git a/geoportal-service/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/service/engine/mongo/ProfiledMongoManager.java b/geoportal-service/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/service/engine/mongo/ProfiledMongoManager.java
index c3945e5..ca05a38 100644
--- a/geoportal-service/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/service/engine/mongo/ProfiledMongoManager.java
+++ b/geoportal-service/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/service/engine/mongo/ProfiledMongoManager.java
@@ -1565,7 +1565,7 @@ public class ProfiledMongoManager extends MongoManager implements MongoManagerI<
 				log.info("Got URL {} from ID {}, filesize {}", fileUrl, f.getId(), f.getSize());
 				is = new URL(fileUrl).openStream();
 				RegisteredFile registered = ws.registerFile(new WorkspaceManager.FileOptions(f.getFilename(), is,
-						"Imported via gcube CMS service ", sectionFolder));
+						"Imported via gcube CMS service ", sectionFolder, f.getSize()));
 				log.info("Registered " + registered);
 				registeredFiles.add(registered);
 			} catch (StorageHubException | IOException e) {