diff --git a/utils/core/src/main/kotlin/OkHttpClientHelper.kt b/utils/core/src/main/kotlin/OkHttpClientHelper.kt
index 17b9124072018..96cc19268385a 100644
--- a/utils/core/src/main/kotlin/OkHttpClientHelper.kt
+++ b/utils/core/src/main/kotlin/OkHttpClientHelper.kt
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ fun OkHttpClient.downloadFile(url: String, directory: File): Result<File> =
  * [Result] wrapping an [IOException] (which might be a [HttpDownloadError]) on failure.
  */
 fun OkHttpClient.downloadText(url: String): Result<String> =
-    download(url).map { (_, body) ->
+    download(url).mapCatching { (_, body) ->
         body.use { it.string() }
     }
 
diff --git a/utils/core/src/test/kotlin/OkHttpClientHelperTest.kt b/utils/core/src/test/kotlin/OkHttpClientHelperTest.kt
index 9a5de32769f35..2cb4245ac63d3 100644
--- a/utils/core/src/test/kotlin/OkHttpClientHelperTest.kt
+++ b/utils/core/src/test/kotlin/OkHttpClientHelperTest.kt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import io.kotest.core.spec.style.StringSpec
 import io.kotest.engine.spec.tempdir
 import io.kotest.matchers.result.shouldBeFailure
 import io.kotest.matchers.should
+import io.kotest.matchers.shouldBe
 import io.kotest.matchers.types.beInstanceOf
 import io.kotest.matchers.types.shouldBeSameInstanceAs
 
@@ -81,4 +82,27 @@ class OkHttpClientHelperTest : StringSpec({
             it should beInstanceOf<IOException>()
         }
     }
+
+    "Exceptions when accessing the response body should be handled" {
+        val failureUrl = "https://example.org/fault/"
+        val exception = IOException("Connection closed")
+
+        mockkStatic(OkHttpClient::download)
+        val response = mockk<Response>(relaxed = true)
+        val request = mockk<Request>(relaxed = true)
+        val body = mockk<ResponseBody>(relaxed = true)
+
+        every { request.url } returns failureUrl.toHttpUrl()
+        every { response.headers(any()) } returns emptyList()
+        every { response.request } returns request
+        every { body.string() } throws exception
+
+        val client = OkHttpClientHelper.buildClient()
+        every { client.download(any(), any()) } returns Result.success(response to body)
+
+        val result = client.downloadText(failureUrl)
+        result.shouldBeFailure {
+            it shouldBe exception
+        }
+    }
 })