diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2907428..2d1deb7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Get GitHub OIDC Token
         if: github.repository == 'stainless-sdks/zeroentropy-node'
         id: github-oidc
-        uses: actions/github-script@v6
+        uses: actions/github-script@v8
         with:
           script: core.setOutput('github_token', await core.getIDToken());
 
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 332798e..347d8bf 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.1.0-alpha.8"
+  ".": "0.1.0-alpha.9"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dd947f0..785e433 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.1.0-alpha.9 (2026-02-03)
+
+Full Changelog: [v0.1.0-alpha.8...v0.1.0-alpha.9](https://github.com/zeroentropy-ai/zeroentropy-node/compare/v0.1.0-alpha.8...v0.1.0-alpha.9)
+
+### Chores
+
+* **ci:** upgrade `actions/github-script` ([055cbcb](https://github.com/zeroentropy-ai/zeroentropy-node/commit/055cbcbdb5c87322ee175428f0e89c791fe56148))
+* **client:** do not parse responses with empty content-length ([2e11491](https://github.com/zeroentropy-ai/zeroentropy-node/commit/2e114913288d1d1ad63bb8b452984e95531d2dff))
+
 ## 0.1.0-alpha.8 (2026-01-21)
 
 Full Changelog: [v0.1.0-alpha.7...v0.1.0-alpha.8](https://github.com/zeroentropy-ai/zeroentropy-node/compare/v0.1.0-alpha.7...v0.1.0-alpha.8)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d810099..08a5782 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "zeroentropy",
-  "version": "0.1.0-alpha.8",
+  "version": "0.1.0-alpha.9",
   "description": "The official TypeScript library for the ZeroEntropy API",
   "author": "ZeroEntropy <founders@zeroentropy.dev>",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/src/core.ts b/src/core.ts
index ef2aacf..acb5e51 100644
--- a/src/core.ts
+++ b/src/core.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ async function defaultParseResponse<T>(props: APIResponseProps): Promise<T> {
   const mediaType = contentType?.split(';')[0]?.trim();
   const isJSON = mediaType?.includes('application/json') || mediaType?.endsWith('+json');
   if (isJSON) {
+    const contentLength = response.headers.get('content-length');
+    if (contentLength === '0') {
+      // if there is no content we can't do anything
+      return undefined as T;
+    }
+
     const json = await response.json();
 
     debug('response', response.status, response.url, response.headers, json);
diff --git a/src/version.ts b/src/version.ts
index 2cc4fcd..fdbf689 100644
--- a/src/version.ts
+++ b/src/version.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export const VERSION = '0.1.0-alpha.8'; // x-release-please-version
+export const VERSION = '0.1.0-alpha.9'; // x-release-please-version