diff --git a/src/main/java/com/apple/itunes/storekit/client/BaseAppStoreServerAPIClient.java b/src/main/java/com/apple/itunes/storekit/client/BaseAppStoreServerAPIClient.java
index 29e65a5c..5d01b625 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/apple/itunes/storekit/client/BaseAppStoreServerAPIClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/apple/itunes/storekit/client/BaseAppStoreServerAPIClient.java
@@ -129,7 +129,13 @@ protected <T> T makeHttpCall(String path, String method, Map<String, List<String
                 try {
                     var responseBody = r.body();
                     if (responseBody != null) {
-                        ErrorPayload errorPayload = objectMapper.readValue(responseBody, ErrorPayload.class);
+                        ErrorPayload errorPayload;
+                        try {
+                            errorPayload = objectMapper.readValue(responseBody, ErrorPayload.class);
+                        } catch (JsonProcessingException ignored) {
+                            // If we cannot parse the body, then simply return the status code
+                            throw new APIException(r.statusCode());
+                        }
                         throw new APIException(r.statusCode(), errorPayload.getErrorCode(), errorPayload.getErrorMessage());
                     }
                 } catch (APIException e) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/apple/itunes/storekit/client/AppStoreServerAPIClientTest.java b/src/test/java/com/apple/itunes/storekit/client/AppStoreServerAPIClientTest.java
index 42bc4855..2e2775b4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/apple/itunes/storekit/client/AppStoreServerAPIClientTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/apple/itunes/storekit/client/AppStoreServerAPIClientTest.java
@@ -605,6 +605,23 @@ public void testAPIUnknownError() throws IOException {
         Assertions.fail();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testExceptionWithMalformedJson() throws IOException {
+        String body = "<html><body>I'm not a JSON error</body></html>";
+        AppStoreServerAPIClient client = getAppStoreServerAPIClient(body, request -> {}, 400);
+        try {
+            client.getTransactionInfo("1234");
+        } catch (APIException e) {
+            Assertions.assertEquals(400, e.getHttpStatusCode());
+            Assertions.assertNull(e.getApiError());
+            Assertions.assertNull(e.getRawApiError());
+            Assertions.assertNull(e.getApiErrorMessage());
+            Assertions.assertNull(e.getCause());
+            return;
+        }
+        Assertions.fail();
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testDecodingWithUnknownEnumValue() throws IOException, APIException {
         String body = TestingUtility.readFile("models/transactionHistoryResponseWithMalformedEnvironment.json");
