diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 81d98d36b9c..64af4e8f9c5 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ gem 'gitlab-sidekiq-fetcher', '~> 0.4.0', require: 'sidekiq-reliable-fetch'
 gem 'fugit', '~> 1.1'
 
 # HTTP requests
-gem 'httparty', '~> 0.13.3'
+gem 'httparty', '~> 0.16.4'
 
 # Colored output to console
 gem 'rainbow', '~> 3.0'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index be1fc37e968..5fd7a872d34 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -379,8 +379,8 @@ GEM
       domain_name (~> 0.5)
     http-form_data (2.1.1)
     http_parser.rb (0.6.0)
-    httparty (0.13.7)
-      json (~> 1.8)
+    httparty (0.16.4)
+      mime-types (~> 3.0)
       multi_xml (>= 0.5.2)
     httpclient (2.8.3)
     i18n (1.2.0)
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   health_check (~> 2.6.0)
   html-pipeline (~> 2.8)
   html2text
-  httparty (~> 0.13.3)
+  httparty (~> 0.16.4)
   icalendar
   influxdb (~> 0.2)
   jaeger-client (~> 0.10.0)
diff --git a/lib/sentry/client.rb b/lib/sentry/client.rb
index 49ec196b103..5e0c9101de5 100644
--- a/lib/sentry/client.rb
+++ b/lib/sentry/client.rb
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ module Sentry
         raise Client::Error, "Sentry response status code: #{response.code}"
       end
 
-      response.as_json
+      response
     end
 
     def projects_api_url