2.0.0-alpha.1: contract methods do not support BigNumbers as arguments.

[vlddm]

import { ERC20Abi } from "./ERC20Abi.js";
import Web3 from "web3";

const web3 = new Web3();
const contract = new web3.eth.Contract(
  ERC20Abi,
  "0xdac17f958d2ee523a2206206994597c13d831ec7"
); //USDT
const amountBN = web3.utils.toBN(100 * 1e8);
const encoded = contract.methods
  .transfer("0x71294893dcc8fcbf802fad690a34d697c756f585", amountBN)
  .encodeABI();
console.log(encoded)

Error message: Error: invalid number value (arg="_value", coderType="uint256", value="2540be400", version=4.0.40)
Working fine if passed as string.
BN Arguments supported in 1.2.x at least.

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