diff --git a/http/rest-client-reactive/src/main/java/io/quarkus/ts/http/restclient/reactive/proxy/ProxyClient.java b/http/rest-client-reactive/src/main/java/io/quarkus/ts/http/restclient/reactive/proxy/ProxyClient.java
index fb9db8265..93c91d983 100644
--- a/http/rest-client-reactive/src/main/java/io/quarkus/ts/http/restclient/reactive/proxy/ProxyClient.java
+++ b/http/rest-client-reactive/src/main/java/io/quarkus/ts/http/restclient/reactive/proxy/ProxyClient.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import javax.ws.rs.Path;
 import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
 
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.rest.client.annotation.RegisterClientHeaders;
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.rest.client.inject.RegisterRestClient;
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ public interface ProxyClient {
     @GET
     @Path("/example.txt")
     @Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
-    Uni<String> getText();
+    Uni<Response> getText();
 
     @GET
     @Path("/auth")
diff --git a/http/rest-client-reactive/src/main/java/io/quarkus/ts/http/restclient/reactive/proxy/ProxyResource.java b/http/rest-client-reactive/src/main/java/io/quarkus/ts/http/restclient/reactive/proxy/ProxyResource.java
index 29214137f..c3785d834 100644
--- a/http/rest-client-reactive/src/main/java/io/quarkus/ts/http/restclient/reactive/proxy/ProxyResource.java
+++ b/http/rest-client-reactive/src/main/java/io/quarkus/ts/http/restclient/reactive/proxy/ProxyResource.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import javax.ws.rs.Path;
 import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
 
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.rest.client.inject.RestClient;
 
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ public Uni<String> getRoot() {
     @GET
     @Path("/banned")
     @Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
-    public Uni<String> getBanned() {
+    public Uni<Response> getBanned() {
         return client.getText();
     }
 
diff --git a/http/rest-client-reactive/src/main/resources/proxy.properties b/http/rest-client-reactive/src/main/resources/proxy.properties
index 075eab02d..967cc7213 100644
--- a/http/rest-client-reactive/src/main/resources/proxy.properties
+++ b/http/rest-client-reactive/src/main/resources/proxy.properties
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ quarkus.rest-client."io.quarkus.ts.http.restclient.reactive.proxy.ProxyClient".p
 quarkus.rest-client."io.quarkus.ts.http.restclient.reactive.proxy.ProxyClient".proxy-user=proxyuser
 quarkus.rest-client."io.quarkus.ts.http.restclient.reactive.proxy.ProxyClient".proxy-password=proxypassword
 quarkus.rest-client.logging.scope=request-response
-quarkus.log.category."org.jboss.resteasy.reactive.client.logging".level=DEBUG
+quarkus.log.category."org.jboss.resteasy.reactive.client.logging".level=INFO
+microprofile.rest.client.disable.default.mapper=true
diff --git a/http/rest-client-reactive/src/test/java/io/quarkus/ts/http/restclient/reactive/ProxyIT.java b/http/rest-client-reactive/src/test/java/io/quarkus/ts/http/restclient/reactive/ProxyIT.java
index b81c55dbb..b88157e48 100644
--- a/http/rest-client-reactive/src/test/java/io/quarkus/ts/http/restclient/reactive/ProxyIT.java
+++ b/http/rest-client-reactive/src/test/java/io/quarkus/ts/http/restclient/reactive/ProxyIT.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ void getThrough() {
     @Test
     void banned() {
         Response banned = proxyApp.given().with().get("/proxied/banned");
-        Assertions.assertEquals(HttpStatus.SC_OK, banned.statusCode());
+        Assertions.assertEquals(HttpStatus.SC_FORBIDDEN, banned.statusCode());
         Assertions.assertEquals("Reading is prohibited by corporate policy!",
                 banned.body().asString());
     }
diff --git a/http/rest-client-reactive/src/test/resources/proxy/Dockerfile b/http/rest-client-reactive/src/test/resources/proxy/Dockerfile
index 1cc9e078d..0218c1479 100644
--- a/http/rest-client-reactive/src/test/resources/proxy/Dockerfile
+++ b/http/rest-client-reactive/src/test/resources/proxy/Dockerfile
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 FROM nginx:1.21
+EXPOSE 8090
 COPY nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
diff --git a/http/rest-client-reactive/src/test/resources/proxy/deploy.sh b/http/rest-client-reactive/src/test/resources/proxy/deploy.sh
index cd3749b89..b928c1af8 100755
--- a/http/rest-client-reactive/src/test/resources/proxy/deploy.sh
+++ b/http/rest-client-reactive/src/test/resources/proxy/deploy.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+VERSION=1.0.1
 docker build -t nginx-proxy .
 docker tag nginx-proxy quay.io/quarkusqeteam/proxy:latest
+docker tag nginx-proxy quay.io/quarkusqeteam/proxy:$VERSION
 docker push quay.io/quarkusqeteam/proxy:latest
+docker push quay.io/quarkusqeteam/proxy:$VERSION
diff --git a/http/rest-client-reactive/src/test/resources/proxy/nginx.conf b/http/rest-client-reactive/src/test/resources/proxy/nginx.conf
index cf7b3ba6c..8002542c4 100644
--- a/http/rest-client-reactive/src/test/resources/proxy/nginx.conf
+++ b/http/rest-client-reactive/src/test/resources/proxy/nginx.conf
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ http {
 			proxy_pass http://$host;
 		}
 		location ~ \.(txt)$ {
-			return 203 "Reading is prohibited by corporate policy!";
+			return 403 "Reading is prohibited by corporate policy!";
 		}
 		location /auth {
 			return 200 $http_proxy_authorization;