diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/reading/GitlabUrlReader.test.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/reading/GitlabUrlReader.test.ts
index 1a31d3051e..727fb5d3c0 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/reading/GitlabUrlReader.test.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/reading/GitlabUrlReader.test.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { getVoidLogger } from '../logging';
 import { GitlabUrlReader } from './GitlabUrlReader';
 import { DefaultReadTreeResponseFactory } from './tree';
 import { NotModifiedError, NotFoundError } from '@backstage/errors';
+import getRawBody from 'raw-body';
 import {
   GitLabIntegration,
   readGitLabIntegrationConfig,
@@ -151,7 +152,8 @@ describe('GitlabUrlReader', () => {
       });
 
       const data = await reader.readUrl(url);
-      const res = await JSON.parse(data.toString());
+      const fromStream = await getRawBody(data.stream!());
+      const res = await JSON.parse(fromStream.toString());
       expect(res).toEqual(response);
     });