diff --git a/sdk/java-sdk-protobuf/src/main/java/kalix/javasdk/HttpResponse.java b/sdk/java-sdk-protobuf/src/main/java/kalix/javasdk/HttpResponse.java
index 4d826ec676..bbbd498ab1 100644
--- a/sdk/java-sdk-protobuf/src/main/java/kalix/javasdk/HttpResponse.java
+++ b/sdk/java-sdk-protobuf/src/main/java/kalix/javasdk/HttpResponse.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+
 import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
 
 /**
@@ -123,4 +125,15 @@ public static HttpResponse ok(byte[] body) {
   public static HttpResponse of(StatusCode.Success statusCode, String contentType, byte[] body) {
     return new HttpResponse(statusCode, contentType, body);
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Parses an HTTP body to a specified JSON type using Jackson deserializer.
+   */
+  public <T> T bodyAsJson(Class<T> clazz) {
+    try {
+      return JsonSupport.parseBytes(body, clazz);
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
+  }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sdk/java-sdk-spring/src/it/java/com/example/wiring/SpringSdkIntegrationTest.java b/sdk/java-sdk-spring/src/it/java/com/example/wiring/SpringSdkIntegrationTest.java
index f1642d0fac..e1c3009b47 100644
--- a/sdk/java-sdk-spring/src/it/java/com/example/wiring/SpringSdkIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/sdk/java-sdk-spring/src/it/java/com/example/wiring/SpringSdkIntegrationTest.java
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ public void shouldReturnJsonStringWithComponentClient() {
     assertThat(response.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(OK);
     assertThat(response.getContentType()).contains("application/json");
     assertThat(response.getBody()).contains("{\"text\": \"123\"}".getBytes());
+    assertThat(response.bodyAsJson(Message.class)).isEqualTo(new Message("123"));
   }
 
   @Test