diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/HttpRequest/V3/HttpRequestV3.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/HttpRequest/V3/HttpRequestV3.node.ts
index 78c60d5345..791927f979 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/HttpRequest/V3/HttpRequestV3.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/HttpRequest/V3/HttpRequestV3.node.ts
@@ -1205,8 +1205,10 @@ export class HttpRequestV3 implements INodeType {
 			if (autoDetectResponseFormat || responseFormat === 'file') {
 				requestOptions.encoding = null;
 				requestOptions.json = false;
+				requestOptions.useStream = true;
 			} else if (bodyContentType === 'raw') {
 				requestOptions.json = false;
+				requestOptions.useStream = true;
 			} else {
 				requestOptions.json = true;
 			}