diff --git a/src/common/exceptions.cpp b/src/common/exceptions.cpp
index f4c104ed..b812df68 100644
--- a/src/common/exceptions.cpp
+++ b/src/common/exceptions.cpp
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ void PyThrowException(ErrorData &error, PyObject *http_exception) {
 		for (auto &entry : error.ExtraInfo()) {
 			if (entry.first == "status_code") {
 				e.attr("status_code") = std::stoi(entry.second);
-			} else if (entry.first == "response_body") {
+			} else if (entry.first == "response_body" || entry.first == "body") {
 				e.attr("body") = entry.second;
 			} else if (entry.first == "reason") {
 				e.attr("reason") = entry.second;
diff --git a/tests/extensions/test_httpfs.py b/tests/extensions/test_httpfs.py
index 6529271b..2e7c7658 100644
--- a/tests/extensions/test_httpfs.py
+++ b/tests/extensions/test_httpfs.py
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ def test_http_exception(self, require):
 
         value = exc.value
         assert value.status_code != 200
-        assert value.body == ""
+        assert isinstance(value.body, str)
+        assert value.body != ""
         assert "Content-Length" in value.headers
 
     def test_fsspec_priority(self, require):