diff --git a/packages/walletconnect-core/package-lock.json b/packages/walletconnect-core/package-lock.json
index 7f4380e5a..15ede61a1 100644
--- a/packages/walletconnect-core/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/walletconnect-core/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "js-walletconnect-core",
-  "version": "0.6.25",
+  "version": "0.6.26",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/walletconnect-core/src/connector.js b/packages/walletconnect-core/src/connector.js
index 1daf3bcba..3f4c5640e 100644
--- a/packages/walletconnect-core/src/connector.js
+++ b/packages/walletconnect-core/src/connector.js
@@ -282,7 +282,12 @@ export default class Connector {
     }
 
     // get body
-    const response = await res.json()
+    let response = null
+
+    const text = await res.text()
+    if (text.length) {
+      response = JSON.parse(text)
+    }
 
     return response
   }
diff --git a/packages/walletconnect-react-native/package-lock.json b/packages/walletconnect-react-native/package-lock.json
index b09cd2b4b..6de84e51d 100644
--- a/packages/walletconnect-react-native/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/walletconnect-react-native/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "rn-walletconnect-wallet",
-  "version": "0.6.25",
+  "version": "0.6.26",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
@@ -5464,9 +5464,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "js-walletconnect-core": {
-      "version": "0.6.25",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-walletconnect-core/-/js-walletconnect-core-0.6.25.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-rJk1fLk+zbq++EmgyPzQ8Iq9Kygt4b1RiRIW2aIZ2o4zYUUV4dh2d9nRzSECWfFdMNf4WZ+86Ignez4gxnbxMg==",
+      "version": "0.6.26",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-walletconnect-core/-/js-walletconnect-core-0.6.26.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-1XN0D+TKUIBVpjSEeVlp6i1LB0JXhvb/kkUaGd39tpO3z8DConKjLsaWLhpTs804ue7p4Y48X1qcZPHJ67vpAQ==",
       "requires": {
         "eth-parse-uri": "^0.6.7"
       }
diff --git a/packages/walletconnect/package-lock.json b/packages/walletconnect/package-lock.json
index 578e775aa..733439348 100644
--- a/packages/walletconnect/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/walletconnect/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "walletconnect",
-  "version": "0.6.25",
+  "version": "0.6.26",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
@@ -5464,9 +5464,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "js-walletconnect-core": {
-      "version": "0.6.25",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-walletconnect-core/-/js-walletconnect-core-0.6.25.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-rJk1fLk+zbq++EmgyPzQ8Iq9Kygt4b1RiRIW2aIZ2o4zYUUV4dh2d9nRzSECWfFdMNf4WZ+86Ignez4gxnbxMg==",
+      "version": "0.6.26",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-walletconnect-core/-/js-walletconnect-core-0.6.26.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-1XN0D+TKUIBVpjSEeVlp6i1LB0JXhvb/kkUaGd39tpO3z8DConKjLsaWLhpTs804ue7p4Y48X1qcZPHJ67vpAQ==",
       "requires": {
         "eth-parse-uri": "^0.6.7"
       }