diff --git a/.changeset/stupid-tomatoes-reflect.md b/.changeset/stupid-tomatoes-reflect.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..15df294204a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/stupid-tomatoes-reflect.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+'@solana/rpc-transport-http': patch
+'@solana/rpc-spec': patch
+'@solana/rpc-api': patch
+'@solana/rpc': patch
+---
+
+Make `RpcTransport` return new `RpcReponse` type instead of parsed JSON data
diff --git a/packages/rpc-api/src/__tests__/get-health-test.ts b/packages/rpc-api/src/__tests__/get-health-test.ts
index e93b3614f051..68ebc81c4896 100644
--- a/packages/rpc-api/src/__tests__/get-health-test.ts
+++ b/packages/rpc-api/src/__tests__/get-health-test.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 import { SOLANA_ERROR__JSON_RPC__SERVER_ERROR_NODE_UNHEALTHY, SolanaError } from '@solana/errors';
-import { createRpc, type Rpc } from '@solana/rpc-spec';
+import { createRpc, type Rpc, type RpcResponse } from '@solana/rpc-spec';
 
 import { createSolanaRpcApi, GetHealthApi } from '../index';
 import { createLocalhostSolanaRpc } from './__setup__';
 
+function createMockResponse<T>(jsonResponse: T): RpcResponse<T> {
+    return {
+        json: () => Promise.resolve(jsonResponse),
+        text: () => Promise.resolve(JSON.stringify(jsonResponse)),
+    };
+}
+
 describe('getHealth', () => {
     describe('when the node is healthy', () => {
         let rpc: Rpc<GetHealthApi>;
@@ -29,7 +36,7 @@ describe('getHealth', () => {
         beforeEach(() => {
             rpc = createRpc({
                 api: createSolanaRpcApi(),
-                transport: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ error: errorObject }),
+                transport: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(createMockResponse({ error: errorObject })),
             });
         });
         it('returns an error message', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/rpc-spec/src/__tests__/rpc-test.ts b/packages/rpc-spec/src/__tests__/rpc-test.ts
index 4724285598cc..7ab23f4338d8 100644
--- a/packages/rpc-spec/src/__tests__/rpc-test.ts
+++ b/packages/rpc-spec/src/__tests__/rpc-test.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,20 @@ import { createRpcMessage } from '@solana/rpc-spec-types';
 import { createRpc, Rpc } from '../rpc';
 import { RpcApi } from '../rpc-api';
 import { RpcApiRequestPlan } from '../rpc-request';
+import { RpcResponse } from '../rpc-shared';
 import { RpcTransport } from '../rpc-transport';
 
 interface TestRpcMethods {
     someMethod(...args: unknown[]): unknown;
 }
 
+function createMockResponse<T>(jsonResponse: T): RpcResponse<T> {
+    return {
+        json: () => Promise.resolve(jsonResponse),
+        text: () => Promise.resolve(JSON.stringify(jsonResponse)),
+    };
+}
+
 describe('JSON-RPC 2.0', () => {
     let makeHttpRequest: RpcTransport;
     let rpc: Rpc<TestRpcMethods>;
@@ -34,7 +42,7 @@ describe('JSON-RPC 2.0', () => {
     });
     it('returns results from the transport', async () => {
         expect.assertions(1);
-        (makeHttpRequest as jest.Mock).mockResolvedValueOnce(123);
+        (makeHttpRequest as jest.Mock).mockResolvedValueOnce(createMockResponse(123));
         const result = await rpc.someMethod().send();
         expect(result).toBe(123);
     });
@@ -90,13 +98,13 @@ describe('JSON-RPC 2.0', () => {
         });
         it('calls the response transformer with the response from the JSON-RPC 2.0 endpoint', async () => {
             expect.assertions(1);
-            (makeHttpRequest as jest.Mock).mockResolvedValueOnce(123);
+            (makeHttpRequest as jest.Mock).mockResolvedValueOnce(createMockResponse(123));
             await rpc.someMethod().send();
             expect(responseTransformer).toHaveBeenCalledWith(123, 'someMethod');
         });
         it('returns the processed response', async () => {
             expect.assertions(1);
-            (makeHttpRequest as jest.Mock).mockResolvedValueOnce(123);
+            (makeHttpRequest as jest.Mock).mockResolvedValueOnce(createMockResponse(123));
             const result = await rpc.someMethod().send();
             expect(result).toBe('123 processed response');
         });
diff --git a/packages/rpc-spec/src/rpc-transport.ts b/packages/rpc-spec/src/rpc-transport.ts
index 6e5ec798591b..14a068efa86e 100644
--- a/packages/rpc-spec/src/rpc-transport.ts
+++ b/packages/rpc-spec/src/rpc-transport.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-type RpcTransportConfig = Readonly<{
+import { RpcResponse } from './rpc-shared';
+
+type RpcTransportRequest = Readonly<{
     payload: unknown;
     signal?: AbortSignal;
 }>;
 
-export interface RpcTransport {
-    <TResponse>(config: RpcTransportConfig): Promise<TResponse>;
-}
+export type RpcTransport = {
+    <TResponse>(request: RpcTransportRequest): Promise<RpcResponse<TResponse>>;
+};
diff --git a/packages/rpc-spec/src/rpc.ts b/packages/rpc-spec/src/rpc.ts
index b428b08bc49e..a2b0de523844 100644
--- a/packages/rpc-spec/src/rpc.ts
+++ b/packages/rpc-spec/src/rpc.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import {
     createRpcMessage,
     Flatten,
     OverloadImplementations,
-    RpcResponseData,
     UnionToIntersection,
 } from '@solana/rpc-spec-types';
 
@@ -68,12 +67,12 @@ function createPendingRpcRequest<TRpcMethods, TRpcTransport extends RpcTransport
     return {
         async send(options?: RpcSendOptions): Promise<TResponse> {
             const { methodName, params, responseTransformer } = pendingRequest;
-            const payload = createRpcMessage(methodName, params);
-            const response = await rpcConfig.transport<RpcResponseData<unknown>>({
-                payload,
+            const response = await rpcConfig.transport<TResponse>({
+                payload: createRpcMessage(methodName, params),
                 signal: options?.abortSignal,
             });
-            return (responseTransformer ? responseTransformer(response, methodName) : response) as TResponse;
+            const responseData = await response.json();
+            return responseTransformer ? responseTransformer(responseData, methodName) : responseData;
         },
     };
 }
diff --git a/packages/rpc-transport-http/README.md b/packages/rpc-transport-http/README.md
index a46adbc48452..58aecb1ac999 100644
--- a/packages/rpc-transport-http/README.md
+++ b/packages/rpc-transport-http/README.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ const transport = createHttpTransport({ url: 'https://api.mainnet-beta.solana.co
 const response = await transport({
     payload: { id: 1, jsonrpc: '2.0', method: 'getSlot' },
 });
+const data = await response.json();
 ```
 
 #### Config
@@ -67,16 +68,17 @@ const transport = createHttpTransport({
 });
 let id = 0;
 const balances = await Promise.allSettled(
-    accounts.map(account =>
-        transport({
+    accounts.map(async account => {
+        const response = await transport({
             payload: {
                 id: ++id,
                 jsonrpc: '2.0',
                 method: 'getBalance',
                 params: [account],
             },
-        }),
-    ),
+        });
+        return await response.json();
+    }),
 );
 ```
 
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@ Using this core transport, you can implement specialized functionality for lever
 Here’s an example of how someone might implement a “round robin” approach to distribute requests to multiple transports:
 
 ```ts
-import { RpcTransport } from '@solana/rpc-spec';
+import { RpcResponse, RpcTransport } from '@solana/rpc-spec';
 import { createHttpTransport } from '@solana/rpc-transport-http';
 
 // Create a transport for each RPC server
@@ -121,7 +123,7 @@ const transports = [
 
 // Create a wrapper transport that distributes requests to them
 let nextTransport = 0;
-async function roundRobinTransport<TResponse>(...args: Parameters<RpcTransport>): Promise<TResponse> {
+async function roundRobinTransport<TResponse>(...args: Parameters<RpcTransport>): Promise<RpcResponse<TResponse>> {
     const transport = transports[nextTransport];
     nextTransport = (nextTransport + 1) % transports.length;
     return await transport(...args);
@@ -135,7 +137,7 @@ Another example of a possible customization for a transport is to shard requests
 Perhaps your application needs to make a large number of requests, or needs to fan request for different methods out to different servers. Here’s an example of an implementation that does the latter:
 
 ```ts
-import { RpcTransport } from '@solana/rpc-spec';
+import { RpcResponse, RpcTransport } from '@solana/rpc-spec';
 import { createHttpTransport } from '@solana/rpc-transport-http';
 
 // Create multiple transports
@@ -160,7 +162,7 @@ function selectShard(method: string): RpcTransport {
     }
 }
 
-async function shardingTransport<TResponse>(...args: Parameters<RpcTransport>): Promise<TResponse> {
+async function shardingTransport<TResponse>(...args: Parameters<RpcTransport>): Promise<RpcResponse<TResponse>> {
     const payload = args[0].payload as { method: string };
     const selectedTransport = selectShard(payload.method);
     return await selectedTransport(...args);
@@ -172,7 +174,7 @@ async function shardingTransport<TResponse>(...args: Parameters<RpcTransport>):
 The transport library can also be used to implement custom retry logic on any request:
 
 ```ts
-import { RpcTransport } from '@solana/rpc-spec';
+import { RpcResponse, RpcTransport } from '@solana/rpc-spec';
 import { createHttpTransport } from '@solana/rpc-transport-http';
 
 // Set the maximum number of attempts to retry a request
@@ -193,7 +195,7 @@ function calculateRetryDelay(attempt: number): number {
 }
 
 // A retrying transport that will retry up to `MAX_ATTEMPTS` times before failing
-async function retryingTransport<TResponse>(...args: Parameters<RpcTransport>): Promise<TResponse> {
+async function retryingTransport<TResponse>(...args: Parameters<RpcTransport>): Promise<RpcResponse<TResponse>> {
     let requestError;
     for (let attempts = 0; attempts < MAX_ATTEMPTS; attempts++) {
         try {
@@ -216,7 +218,7 @@ async function retryingTransport<TResponse>(...args: Parameters<RpcTransport>):
 Here’s an example of some failover logic integrated into a transport:
 
 ```ts
-import { RpcTransport } from '@solana/rpc-spec';
+import { RpcResponse, RpcTransport } from '@solana/rpc-spec';
 import { createHttpTransport } from '@solana/rpc-transport-http';
 
 // Create a transport for each RPC server
@@ -227,7 +229,7 @@ const transports = [
 ];
 
 // A failover transport that will try each transport in order until one succeeds before failing
-async function failoverTransport<TResponse>(...args: Parameters<RpcTransport>): Promise<TResponse> {
+async function failoverTransport<TResponse>(...args: Parameters<RpcTransport>): Promise<RpcResponse<TResponse>> {
     let requestError;
 
     for (const transport of transports) {
diff --git a/packages/rpc-transport-http/src/__tests__/http-transport-abort-test.ts b/packages/rpc-transport-http/src/__tests__/http-transport-abort-test.ts
index 07779f87e636..0d091f1d23ec 100644
--- a/packages/rpc-transport-http/src/__tests__/http-transport-abort-test.ts
+++ b/packages/rpc-transport-http/src/__tests__/http-transport-abort-test.ts
@@ -71,12 +71,13 @@ describe('createHttpTransport and `AbortSignal`', () => {
         it('resolves with the response', async () => {
             expect.assertions(1);
             jest.mocked(fetchSpy).mockResolvedValueOnce({
-                json: () => ({ ok: true }),
+                json: () => Promise.resolve({ ok: true }),
                 ok: true,
             } as unknown as Response);
             const sendPromise = makeHttpRequest({ payload: 123, signal: abortSignal });
             abortController.abort('I got bored waiting');
-            await expect(sendPromise).resolves.toMatchObject({
+            const response = await sendPromise;
+            await expect(response.json()).resolves.toMatchObject({
                 ok: true,
             });
         });
diff --git a/packages/rpc-transport-http/src/http-transport.ts b/packages/rpc-transport-http/src/http-transport.ts
index 68602c03fb1b..daafb4949baa 100644
--- a/packages/rpc-transport-http/src/http-transport.ts
+++ b/packages/rpc-transport-http/src/http-transport.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { SOLANA_ERROR__RPC__TRANSPORT_HTTP_ERROR, SolanaError } from '@solana/errors';
-import { RpcTransport } from '@solana/rpc-spec';
+import { RpcResponse, RpcTransport } from '@solana/rpc-spec';
 import type Dispatcher from 'undici-types/dispatcher';
 
 import {
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export function createHttpTransport(config: Config): RpcTransport {
     return async function makeHttpRequest<TResponse>({
         payload,
         signal,
-    }: Parameters<RpcTransport>[0]): Promise<TResponse> {
+    }: Parameters<RpcTransport>[0]): Promise<RpcResponse<TResponse>> {
         const body = JSON.stringify(payload);
         const requestInfo = {
             ...dispatcherConfig,
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ export function createHttpTransport(config: Config): RpcTransport {
                 statusCode: response.status,
             });
         }
-        return (await response.json()) as TResponse;
+        return Object.freeze({
+            json: () => response.json(),
+            text: () => response.text(),
+        });
     };
 }
diff --git a/packages/rpc/src/__tests__/rpc-request-coalescer-test.ts b/packages/rpc/src/__tests__/rpc-request-coalescer-test.ts
index f852d54c505c..38b2ab4c9eb8 100644
--- a/packages/rpc/src/__tests__/rpc-request-coalescer-test.ts
+++ b/packages/rpc/src/__tests__/rpc-request-coalescer-test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
-import type { RpcTransport } from '@solana/rpc-spec';
+import type { RpcResponse, RpcTransport } from '@solana/rpc-spec';
 
 import { getRpcTransportWithRequestCoalescing } from '../rpc-request-coalescer';
 
+function createMockResponse<T>(jsonResponse: T): RpcResponse<T> {
+    return {
+        json: () => Promise.resolve(jsonResponse),
+        text: () => Promise.resolve(JSON.stringify(jsonResponse)),
+    };
+}
+
 describe('RPC request coalescer', () => {
     let coalescedTransport: RpcTransport;
     let hashFn: jest.MockedFunction<() => string | undefined>;
@@ -30,7 +37,7 @@ describe('RPC request coalescer', () => {
         });
         it('multiple requests in the same tick receive the same response', async () => {
             expect.assertions(2);
-            const mockResponse = { response: 'ok' };
+            const mockResponse = createMockResponse({ response: 'ok' });
             mockTransport.mockResolvedValueOnce(mockResponse);
             const responsePromiseA = coalescedTransport({ payload: null });
             const responsePromiseB = coalescedTransport({ payload: null });
@@ -41,8 +48,8 @@ describe('RPC request coalescer', () => {
         });
         it('multiple requests in different ticks receive different responses', async () => {
             expect.assertions(2);
-            const mockResponseA = { response: 'okA' };
-            const mockResponseB = { response: 'okB' };
+            const mockResponseA = createMockResponse({ response: 'okA' });
+            const mockResponseB = createMockResponse({ response: 'okB' });
             mockTransport.mockResolvedValueOnce(mockResponseA);
             mockTransport.mockResolvedValueOnce(mockResponseB);
             const responsePromiseA = coalescedTransport({ payload: null });
@@ -100,7 +107,7 @@ describe('RPC request coalescer', () => {
             let abortControllerB: AbortController;
             let responsePromiseA: ReturnType<typeof mockTransport>;
             let responsePromiseB: ReturnType<typeof mockTransport>;
-            let transportResponsePromise: (value: unknown) => void;
+            let transportResponsePromise: (value: RpcResponse<unknown>) => void;
             beforeEach(() => {
                 abortControllerA = new AbortController();
                 abortControllerB = new AbortController();
@@ -157,7 +164,7 @@ describe('RPC request coalescer', () => {
             it('delivers responses to all but the aborted requests', async () => {
                 expect.assertions(2);
                 abortControllerA.abort('o no A');
-                const mockResponse = { response: 'ok' };
+                const mockResponse = createMockResponse({ response: 'ok' });
                 transportResponsePromise(mockResponse);
                 await Promise.all([
                     expect(responsePromiseA).rejects.toBe('o no A'),
@@ -192,8 +199,8 @@ describe('RPC request coalescer', () => {
             });
             it('multiple requests in the same tick receive different responses', async () => {
                 expect.assertions(2);
-                const mockResponseA = { response: 'okA' };
-                const mockResponseB = { response: 'okB' };
+                const mockResponseA = createMockResponse({ response: 'okA' });
+                const mockResponseB = createMockResponse({ response: 'okB' });
                 mockTransport.mockResolvedValueOnce(mockResponseA);
                 mockTransport.mockResolvedValueOnce(mockResponseB);
                 const responsePromiseA = coalescedTransport({ payload: null });
diff --git a/packages/rpc/src/rpc-request-coalescer.ts b/packages/rpc/src/rpc-request-coalescer.ts
index eb05e7bebe79..156fc0e2114f 100644
--- a/packages/rpc/src/rpc-request-coalescer.ts
+++ b/packages/rpc/src/rpc-request-coalescer.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import type { RpcTransport } from '@solana/rpc-spec';
+import type { RpcResponse, RpcTransport } from '@solana/rpc-spec';
 
 type CoalescedRequest = {
     readonly abortController: AbortController;
     numConsumers: number;
-    readonly responsePromise: Promise<unknown>;
+    readonly responsePromise: Promise<RpcResponse | undefined>;
 };
 
 type GetDeduplicationKeyFn = (payload: unknown) => string | undefined;
@@ -30,11 +30,13 @@ export function getRpcTransportWithRequestCoalescing<TTransport extends RpcTrans
     getDeduplicationKey: GetDeduplicationKeyFn,
 ): TTransport {
     let coalescedRequestsByDeduplicationKey: Record<string, CoalescedRequest> | undefined;
-    return async function makeCoalescedHttpRequest<TResponse>(config: Parameters<RpcTransport>[0]): Promise<TResponse> {
-        const { payload, signal } = config;
+    return async function makeCoalescedHttpRequest<TResponse>(
+        request: Parameters<RpcTransport>[0],
+    ): Promise<RpcResponse<TResponse>> {
+        const { payload, signal } = request;
         const deduplicationKey = getDeduplicationKey(payload);
         if (deduplicationKey === undefined) {
-            return await transport(config);
+            return await transport(request);
         }
         if (!coalescedRequestsByDeduplicationKey) {
             Promise.resolve().then(() => {
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ export function getRpcTransportWithRequestCoalescing<TTransport extends RpcTrans
             const responsePromise = (async () => {
                 try {
                     return await transport<TResponse>({
-                        ...config,
+                        ...request,
                         signal: abortController.signal,
                     });
                 } catch (e) {
@@ -69,8 +71,8 @@ export function getRpcTransportWithRequestCoalescing<TTransport extends RpcTrans
         const coalescedRequest = coalescedRequestsByDeduplicationKey[deduplicationKey];
         coalescedRequest.numConsumers++;
         if (signal) {
-            const responsePromise = coalescedRequest.responsePromise as Promise<TResponse>;
-            return await new Promise<TResponse>((resolve, reject) => {
+            const responsePromise = coalescedRequest.responsePromise as Promise<RpcResponse<TResponse>>;
+            return await new Promise<RpcResponse<TResponse>>((resolve, reject) => {
                 const handleAbort = (e: AbortSignalEventMap['abort']) => {
                     signal.removeEventListener('abort', handleAbort);
                     coalescedRequest.numConsumers -= 1;
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ export function getRpcTransportWithRequestCoalescing<TTransport extends RpcTrans
                     });
             });
         } else {
-            return (await coalescedRequest.responsePromise) as TResponse;
+            return (await coalescedRequest.responsePromise) as RpcResponse<TResponse>;
         }
     } as TTransport;
 }