diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c42c762..fb9bbc3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+## [1.3.1] - 2024-02-09
+
+### Added
+
+### Changed
+
+- Fix bug that resulted in the error "content is empty" being returned instead of HTTP status information if the request returned no content and an unsuccessful status code.
+
 ## [1.3.0] - 2024-01-22
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/nethttp_request_adapter.go b/nethttp_request_adapter.go
index bfd0a0b..c140636 100644
--- a/nethttp_request_adapter.go
+++ b/nethttp_request_adapter.go
@@ -702,6 +702,11 @@ func (a *NetHttpRequestAdapter) SendNoContent(ctx context.Context, requestInfo *
 func (a *NetHttpRequestAdapter) getRootParseNode(ctx context.Context, response *nethttp.Response, spanForAttributes trace.Span) (absser.ParseNode, context.Context, error) {
 	ctx, span := otel.GetTracerProvider().Tracer(a.observabilityOptions.GetTracerInstrumentationName()).Start(ctx, "getRootParseNode")
 	defer span.End()
+
+	if response.ContentLength == 0 {
+		return nil, ctx, nil
+	}
+
 	body, err := io.ReadAll(response.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		spanForAttributes.RecordError(err)
diff --git a/nethttp_request_adapter_test.go b/nethttp_request_adapter_test.go
index 5ac0215..c8592e7 100644
--- a/nethttp_request_adapter_test.go
+++ b/nethttp_request_adapter_test.go
@@ -250,6 +250,35 @@ func TestSendReturnNilOnNoContent(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestSendReturnErrOnNoContent(t *testing.T) {
+	// Subset of status codes this applies to since there's many of them. This
+	// could be switched to ranges if full coverage is desired.
+	statusCodes := []int{nethttp.StatusBadRequest, nethttp.StatusInternalServerError}
+
+	for _, code := range statusCodes {
+		testServer := httptest.NewServer(nethttp.HandlerFunc(func(res nethttp.ResponseWriter, req *nethttp.Request) {
+			res.WriteHeader(code)
+		}))
+		defer func() { testServer.Close() }()
+
+		authProvider := &absauth.AnonymousAuthenticationProvider{}
+		adapter, err := NewNetHttpRequestAdapter(authProvider)
+		assert.Nil(t, err)
+		assert.NotNil(t, adapter)
+
+		uri, err := url.Parse(testServer.URL)
+		assert.Nil(t, err)
+		assert.NotNil(t, uri)
+		request := abs.NewRequestInformation()
+		request.SetUri(*uri)
+		request.Method = abs.GET
+
+		res, err2 := adapter.Send(context.TODO(), request, internal.MockEntityFactory, nil)
+		assert.Error(t, err2)
+		assert.Nil(t, res)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestSendReturnsObjectOnContent(t *testing.T) {
 	statusCodes := []int{200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205}
 
diff --git a/user_agent_handler.go b/user_agent_handler.go
index def0aed..552aca6 100644
--- a/user_agent_handler.go
+++ b/user_agent_handler.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func NewUserAgentHandlerOptions() *UserAgentHandlerOptions {
 	return &UserAgentHandlerOptions{
 		Enabled:        true,
 		ProductName:    "kiota-go",
-		ProductVersion: "1.1.0",
+		ProductVersion: "1.3.1",
 	}
 }