diff --git a/basyx.submodelrepository/basyx.submodelrepository-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/submodelrepository/http/SubmodelRepositoryApiHTTPController.java b/basyx.submodelrepository/basyx.submodelrepository-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/submodelrepository/http/SubmodelRepositoryApiHTTPController.java
index 645486669..4f8eb4c7b 100644
--- a/basyx.submodelrepository/basyx.submodelrepository-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/submodelrepository/http/SubmodelRepositoryApiHTTPController.java
+++ b/basyx.submodelrepository/basyx.submodelrepository-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/submodelrepository/http/SubmodelRepositoryApiHTTPController.java
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ public ResponseEntity<SubmodelElement> postSubmodelElementByPathSubmodelRepo(Bas
 	@Override
 	public ResponseEntity<SubmodelElement> postSubmodelElementSubmodelRepo(Base64UrlEncodedIdentifier submodelIdentifier, @Valid SubmodelElement body) {
 		repository.createSubmodelElement(submodelIdentifier.getIdentifier(), body);
-		return new ResponseEntity<SubmodelElement>(HttpStatus.CREATED);
+		return new ResponseEntity<SubmodelElement>(body, HttpStatus.CREATED);
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/basyx.submodelservice/basyx.submodelservice-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/submodelservice/http/SubmodelServiceHTTPApiController.java b/basyx.submodelservice/basyx.submodelservice-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/submodelservice/http/SubmodelServiceHTTPApiController.java
index 66498d924..e2587d33b 100644
--- a/basyx.submodelservice/basyx.submodelservice-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/submodelservice/http/SubmodelServiceHTTPApiController.java
+++ b/basyx.submodelservice/basyx.submodelservice-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/submodelservice/http/SubmodelServiceHTTPApiController.java
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ public ResponseEntity<SubmodelElement> postSubmodelElement(@Parameter(in = Param
 			@Parameter(in = ParameterIn.QUERY, description = "Determines the structural depth of the respective resource content", schema = @Schema(allowableValues = { "deep",
 					"core" }, defaultValue = "deep")) @Valid @RequestParam(value = "level", required = false, defaultValue = "deep") String level) {
 		service.createSubmodelElement(body);
-		return new ResponseEntity<SubmodelElement>(HttpStatus.CREATED);
+		return new ResponseEntity<SubmodelElement>(body, HttpStatus.CREATED);
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ public ResponseEntity<SubmodelElement> postSubmodelElementByPath(
 			@Parameter(in = ParameterIn.PATH, description = "IdShort path to the submodel element (dot-separated)", required = true, schema = @Schema()) @PathVariable("idShortPath") String idShortPath,
 			@Parameter(in = ParameterIn.DEFAULT, description = "Requested submodel element", required = true, schema = @Schema()) @Valid @RequestBody SubmodelElement body) {
 		service.createSubmodelElement(idShortPath, body);
-		return new ResponseEntity<SubmodelElement>(HttpStatus.CREATED);
+		return new ResponseEntity<SubmodelElement>(body, HttpStatus.CREATED);
 	}
 	
 	@Override