diff --git a/src/main/java/com/degressly/proxy/downstream/dto/CachePopulationRequest.java b/src/main/java/com/degressly/proxy/downstream/dto/CachePopulationRequest.java
index c7996c8..0903c4f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/degressly/proxy/downstream/dto/CachePopulationRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/degressly/proxy/downstream/dto/CachePopulationRequest.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public class CachePopulationRequest {
 
 	private int statusCode;
 
-	private String body;
+	private Object body;
 
 	// Headers are modeled as a LinkedMultiValueMap to handle the list of strings
 	private Map<String, List<String>> headers;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/degressly/proxy/downstream/dto/DownstreamResponse.java b/src/main/java/com/degressly/proxy/downstream/dto/DownstreamResponse.java
index 8a11f19..c418115 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/degressly/proxy/downstream/dto/DownstreamResponse.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/degressly/proxy/downstream/dto/DownstreamResponse.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public class DownstreamResponse {
 
 	private int statusCode;
 
-	private String body;
+	private Object body;
 
 	// Headers are modeled as a LinkedMultiValueMap to handle the list of strings
 	private Map<String, List<String>> headers;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/degressly/proxy/downstream/service/impl/ProxyCoordinatorServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/com/degressly/proxy/downstream/service/impl/ProxyCoordinatorServiceImpl.java
index 74f8e39..618bc61 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/degressly/proxy/downstream/service/impl/ProxyCoordinatorServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/degressly/proxy/downstream/service/impl/ProxyCoordinatorServiceImpl.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public ResponseEntity fetch(RequestContext requestContext) {
 		var downstreamResponse = DownstreamResponse.builder()
 			.statusCode(response.getStatusCode().value())
 			.headers(new LinkedMultiValueMap<>(response.getHeaders()))
-			.body(response.getBody() != null ? Objects.requireNonNull(response.getBody()).toString() : null)
+			.body(response.getBody() != null ? response.getBody() : null)
 			.build();
 
 		updatedRequestCacheObject = requestCacheService.storeResponse(requestContext, downstreamResponse);