diff --git a/healthcare/fhir/getFhirResourceHistory.js b/healthcare/fhir/getFhirResourceHistory.js
index 8dd56d6997..8a16badaf3 100644
--- a/healthcare/fhir/getFhirResourceHistory.js
+++ b/healthcare/fhir/getFhirResourceHistory.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ const main = (
     auth: new google.auth.GoogleAuth({
       scopes: ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform'],
     }),
+    responseType: 'json',
   });
 
   const getFhirResourceHistory = async () => {