diff --git a/pkg/connectors/microcks_client.go b/pkg/connectors/microcks_client.go
index cabb85f..00fba3c 100644
--- a/pkg/connectors/microcks_client.go
+++ b/pkg/connectors/microcks_client.go
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ func (c *microcksClient) DownloadArtifact(artifactURL string, mainArtifact bool,
 	// Dump response if verbose required.
 	config.DumpResponseIfRequired("Microcks for uploading artifact", resp, true)
 
-	respBody, err := io.ReadAll(req.Body)
+	respBody, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err.Error())
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/connectors/microcks_client_test.go b/pkg/connectors/microcks_client_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e9b6c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/connectors/microcks_client_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package connectors
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestDownloadArtifactReturnsResponseBody(t *testing.T) {
+	const expectedBody = "artifact downloaded"
+
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if r.URL.Path != "/api/artifact/download" {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected path: %s", r.URL.Path)
+		}
+		if r.Method != http.MethodPost {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected method: %s", r.Method)
+		}
+		if err := r.ParseMultipartForm(1024); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("failed to parse multipart form: %v", err)
+		}
+		if got := r.FormValue("url"); got != "https://example.com/openapi.yaml" {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected artifact url: %s", got)
+		}
+		if got := r.FormValue("mainArtifact"); got != "true" {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected mainArtifact value: %s", got)
+		}
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusCreated)
+		_, _ = w.Write([]byte(expectedBody))
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	client := NewMicrocksClient(server.URL)
+
+	msg, err := client.DownloadArtifact("https://example.com/openapi.yaml", true, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("DownloadArtifact returned error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if strings.TrimSpace(msg) != expectedBody {
+		t.Fatalf("expected response body %q, got %q", expectedBody, msg)
+	}
+}