diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e22157f3..650cc345 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ All notable changes to the Zowe Client Python SDK will be documented in this fil
 
 - Fixed `create_data_set` to accept "FBA", "FBM", "VBA", "VBM" as valid recfm [#240](https://github.com/zowe/zowe-client-python-sdk/issues/240)
 - Fixed an issue with `list_jobs` user correlator parameter [#242](https://github.com/zowe/zowe-client-python-sdk/issues/242)
+- Return response instead of raw from streamed requests [#245](https://github.com/zowe/zowe-client-python-sdk/pull/245)
 
 ## `1.0.0-dev12`
 
diff --git a/src/core/zowe/core_for_zowe_sdk/request_handler.py b/src/core/zowe/core_for_zowe_sdk/request_handler.py
index adb271e0..062bfd02 100644
--- a/src/core/zowe/core_for_zowe_sdk/request_handler.py
+++ b/src/core/zowe/core_for_zowe_sdk/request_handler.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def perform_streamed_request(self, method, request_arguments, expected_code=[200
         self.__validate_method()
         self.__send_request(stream=True)
         self.__validate_response()
-        return self.response.raw
+        return self.response
 
     def __validate_method(self):
         """Check if the input request method for the request is supported.