diff --git a/src/main/java/io/github/nstdio/http/ext/BodySubscribers.java b/src/main/java/io/github/nstdio/http/ext/BodySubscribers.java
index 37419d1..7dc65a1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/github/nstdio/http/ext/BodySubscribers.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/github/nstdio/http/ext/BodySubscribers.java
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 
 package io.github.nstdio.http.ext;
 
-import static java.net.http.HttpResponse.BodySubscribers.ofInputStream;
+import static java.net.http.HttpResponse.BodySubscribers.mapping;
+import static java.net.http.HttpResponse.BodySubscribers.ofByteArray;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JavaType;
@@ -55,9 +56,9 @@ private static <T> BodySubscriber<T> ofJson(JavaType targetType) {
     }
 
     private static <T> BodySubscriber<T> ofJson(ObjectMapper objectMapper, JavaType targetType) {
-        return new AsyncMappingSubscriber<>(ofInputStream(), is -> {
-            try (var stream = is) {
-                return objectMapper.readValue(stream, targetType);
+        return mapping(ofByteArray(), bytes -> {
+            try {
+                return objectMapper.readValue(bytes, targetType);
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 throw new UncheckedIOException(e);
             }
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/github/nstdio/http/ext/BodyHandlersTest.java b/src/test/java/io/github/nstdio/http/ext/BodyHandlersTest.java
index f6fdaea..b8e22d3 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/github/nstdio/http/ext/BodyHandlersTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/github/nstdio/http/ext/BodyHandlersTest.java
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
 package io.github.nstdio.http.ext;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatIOException;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Nested;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -53,5 +55,16 @@ void shouldProperlyReadJson() {
             assertThat(body1).isNotEmpty();
             assertThat(body2).isNotNull();
         }
+
+        @Test
+        void shouldThrowUncheckedExceptionIfCannotRead() {
+            //given
+            var request = HttpRequest.newBuilder(URI.create("https://httpbin.org/html")).build();
+
+            //when
+            assertThatIOException()
+                    .isThrownBy(() -> client.send(request, BodyHandlers.ofJson(Object.class)))
+                    .withRootCauseExactlyInstanceOf(JsonParseException.class);
+        }
     }
 }
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