diff --git a/nifi-registry/nifi-registry-core/nifi-registry-web-api/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/registry/web/security/authentication/oidc/StandardOidcIdentityProvider.java b/nifi-registry/nifi-registry-core/nifi-registry-web-api/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/registry/web/security/authentication/oidc/StandardOidcIdentityProvider.java
index 1726f23b3729..8adeb00ae577 100644
--- a/nifi-registry/nifi-registry-core/nifi-registry-web-api/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/registry/web/security/authentication/oidc/StandardOidcIdentityProvider.java
+++ b/nifi-registry/nifi-registry-core/nifi-registry-web-api/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/registry/web/security/authentication/oidc/StandardOidcIdentityProvider.java
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ private OIDCProviderMetadata retrieveOidcProviderMetadata(final String discovery
             throw new IOException("Unable to download OpenId Connect Provider metadata from " + url + ": Status code " + httpResponse.getStatusCode());
         }
 
-        final JSONObject jsonObject = httpResponse.getContentAsJSONObject();
+        final JSONObject jsonObject = httpResponse.getBodyAsJSONObject();
         return OIDCProviderMetadata.parse(jsonObject);
     }