diff --git a/packages/core/src/BinaryData/utils.ts b/packages/core/src/BinaryData/utils.ts
index cea0c40af5..f1d692067b 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/BinaryData/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/BinaryData/utils.ts
@@ -33,8 +33,14 @@ export async function doesNotExist(dir: string) {
 }
 
 export async function toBuffer(body: Buffer | Readable) {
-	return new Promise<Buffer>((resolve) => {
-		if (Buffer.isBuffer(body)) resolve(body);
-		else body.pipe(concatStream(resolve));
+	if (Buffer.isBuffer(body)) return body;
+	return new Promise<Buffer>((resolve, reject) => {
+		body
+			.once('error', (cause) => {
+				if ('code' in cause && cause.code === 'Z_DATA_ERROR')
+					reject(new Error('Failed to decompress response', { cause }));
+				else reject(cause);
+			})
+			.pipe(concatStream(resolve));
 	});
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/test/BinaryData/utils.test.ts b/packages/core/test/BinaryData/utils.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd69795dae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/test/BinaryData/utils.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { Readable } from 'node:stream';
+import { createGunzip } from 'node:zlib';
+import { toBuffer } from '@/BinaryData/utils';
+
+describe('BinaryData/utils', () => {
+	describe('toBuffer', () => {
+		it('should handle buffer objects', async () => {
+			const body = Buffer.from('test');
+			expect((await toBuffer(body)).toString()).toEqual('test');
+		});
+
+		it('should handle valid uncompressed Readable streams', async () => {
+			const body = Readable.from(Buffer.from('test'));
+			expect((await toBuffer(body)).toString()).toEqual('test');
+		});
+
+		it('should handle valid compressed Readable streams', async () => {
+			const gunzip = createGunzip();
+			const body = Readable.from(
+				Buffer.from('1f8b08000000000000032b492d2e01000c7e7fd804000000', 'hex'),
+			).pipe(gunzip);
+			expect((await toBuffer(body)).toString()).toEqual('test');
+		});
+
+		it('should throw on invalid compressed Readable streams', async () => {
+			const gunzip = createGunzip();
+			const body = Readable.from(Buffer.from('0001f8b080000000000000000', 'hex')).pipe(gunzip);
+			await expect(toBuffer(body)).rejects.toThrow(new Error('Failed to decompress response'));
+		});
+	});
+});