diff --git a/spring-auto-restdocs-core/src/main/java/capital/scalable/restdocs/response/JsonContentModifier.java b/spring-auto-restdocs-core/src/main/java/capital/scalable/restdocs/response/JsonContentModifier.java
index de2a5efb..d9d60ff9 100644
--- a/spring-auto-restdocs-core/src/main/java/capital/scalable/restdocs/response/JsonContentModifier.java
+++ b/spring-auto-restdocs-core/src/main/java/capital/scalable/restdocs/response/JsonContentModifier.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 public abstract class JsonContentModifier implements ContentModifier {
 
-    private ObjectMapper objectMapper;
+    private final ObjectMapper objectMapper;
 
     public JsonContentModifier(ObjectMapper objectMapper) {
         this.objectMapper = objectMapper;
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public JsonContentModifier(ObjectMapper objectMapper) {
     @Override
     public byte[] modifyContent(byte[] originalContent, MediaType contentType) {
         if (originalContent.length > 0 && contentType != null
-                && contentType.includes(APPLICATION_JSON)) {
+                && (contentType.includes(APPLICATION_JSON) || contentType.includes(MediaType.valueOf("application/hal+json")))) {
             return modifyContent(originalContent);
         } else {
             return originalContent;