diff --git a/axios/http-client.js b/axios/http-client.js
index 28f86e3..615827f 100644
--- a/axios/http-client.js
+++ b/axios/http-client.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ module.exports = ({
   // insecureHTTPParser: false,
   transitional: {
     clarifyTimeoutError: true,
-    forcedJSONParsing: false,
+    // forcedJSONParsing: false,
     silentJSONParsing: false,
   },
   headers,
diff --git a/tests/http/http-timeout.test.js b/tests/http/http-timeout.test.js
index fb4379a..160e68f 100644
--- a/tests/http/http-timeout.test.js
+++ b/tests/http/http-timeout.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
-const {client} = global.t
+const {jsonClient} = global.t
 
 test('basic http test', async () => {
-  const {status} = await client({timeout: 100}).post('/long', {})
+  const {post} = jsonClient({timeout: 100})
+  await expect(post('/long', {})).rejects.toMatchObject({
+    code: 'ETIMEDOUT',
+    timeout: 100,
+    status: 408,
+    message: 'Timed out.',
+  })
+})
+
+test('timeout is ok', async () => {
+  const {status} = await jsonClient({timeout: 500}).post('/long', {})
   expect(status).toEqual(200)
 })
diff --git a/tests/http/setup-http.js b/tests/http/setup-http.js
index f63dd0d..425fc62 100644
--- a/tests/http/setup-http.js
+++ b/tests/http/setup-http.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const {start, stop, client} = testFastifyServer(app)
 tracerFastifyLogger({app, logLevel: 'debug'})
 app.setErrorHandler(httpErrorHandler())
 
-global.t = {client}
+global.t = {client, jsonClient: client}
 
 beforeAll(start)
 afterAll(stop)