diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fafa201..ae3a68b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## Next Release
+
+- Fixes response hooks raising `NameError` when an HTTP body is not JSON
+
 ## v7.8.0 (2026-10-27)
 
 - Removes the deprecated, unusable `add_credit_card` function
diff --git a/lib/easypost/http_client.rb b/lib/easypost/http_client.rb
index 5d0c9c6..7160fab 100644
--- a/lib/easypost/http_client.rb
+++ b/lib/easypost/http_client.rb
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def request(
       if response.is_a?(Net::HTTPResponse)
         response_body = begin
           JSON.parse(response.body)
-        rescue JSON::ParseError
+        rescue JSON::ParserError
           response.body
         end
         response_context.merge!(