diff --git a/src/utilities/request.jl b/src/utilities/request.jl
index 7c25ca0db..a3215ac04 100644
--- a/src/utilities/request.jl
+++ b/src/utilities/request.jl
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ function _http_request(http_backend::HTTPBackend, request::Request, response_str
             http_options...,
         )
 
-        return Response(r, response_stream)
+        return @mock Response(r, response_stream)
     catch e
         # Base.IOError is needed because HTTP.jl can often have errors that aren't
         # caught and wrapped in an HTTP.IOError
diff --git a/test/AWS.jl b/test/AWS.jl
index e2e47504b..f8a103820 100644
--- a/test/AWS.jl
+++ b/test/AWS.jl
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ struct TestBackend <: AWS.AbstractBackend
     param::Int
 end
 
-function AWS._http_request(backend::TestBackend, request::AWS.Request, response_stream::IO)
+function AWS._http_request(backend::TestBackend, ::AWS.Request, ::IO)
     return backend.param
 end
 
@@ -290,28 +290,30 @@ end
         url="https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/sample-bucket",
         backend=AWS.HTTPBackend(),
     )
-    apply(Patches._http_options_patch) do
+    io = IOBuffer()
+
+    apply(Patches._http_options_patches) do
         # No default options
-        @test isempty(AWS._http_request(request.backend, request))
+        @test isempty(AWS._http_request(request.backend, request, io))
 
         # We can pass HTTP options via the backend
         custom_backend = AWS.HTTPBackend(Dict(:connection_limit => 5))
         @test custom_backend isa AWS.AbstractBackend
-        @test AWS._http_request(custom_backend, request) == Dict(:connection_limit => 5)
+        @test AWS._http_request(custom_backend, request, io) == Dict(:connection_limit => 5)
 
         # We can pass options per-request
         request.http_options = Dict(:pipeline_limit => 20)
-        @test AWS._http_request(request.backend, request) == Dict(:pipeline_limit => 20)
-        @test AWS._http_request(custom_backend, request) ==
+        @test AWS._http_request(request.backend, request, io) == Dict(:pipeline_limit => 20)
+        @test AWS._http_request(custom_backend, request, io) ==
               Dict(:pipeline_limit => 20, :connection_limit => 5)
 
         # per-request options override backend options:
         custom_backend = AWS.HTTPBackend(Dict(:pipeline_limit => 5))
-        @test AWS._http_request(custom_backend, request) == Dict(:pipeline_limit => 20)
+        @test AWS._http_request(custom_backend, request, io) == Dict(:pipeline_limit => 20)
     end
 
     request.backend = TestBackend(2)
-    @test AWS._http_request(request.backend, request) == 2
+    @test AWS._http_request(request.backend, request, io) == 2
 
     request = Request(;
         service="s3",
@@ -320,7 +322,7 @@ end
         url="https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/sample-bucket",
         backend=TestBackend(4),
     )
-    @test AWS._http_request(request.backend, request) == 4
+    @test AWS._http_request(request.backend, request, io) == 4
 
     # Let's test setting the default backend
     prev_backend = AWS.DEFAULT_BACKEND[]
@@ -332,7 +334,7 @@ end
             request_method="GET",
             url="https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/sample-bucket",
         )
-        @test AWS._http_request(request.backend, request) == 3
+        @test AWS._http_request(request.backend, request, io) == 3
     finally
         AWS.DEFAULT_BACKEND[] = prev_backend
     end
diff --git a/test/patch.jl b/test/patch.jl
index ab105c421..3dfc94166 100644
--- a/test/patch.jl
+++ b/test/patch.jl
@@ -118,11 +118,12 @@ end
 # except `require_ssl_verification` and `response_stream`. This is used to
 # test which other options are being passed to `HTTP.Request` inside of
 # `_http_request`.
-_http_options_patch = @patch function HTTP.request(args...; kwargs...)
-    options = Dict(kwargs)
-    delete!(options, :require_ssl_verification)
-    delete!(options, :response_stream)
-    return options
-end
-
-end
+_http_options_patches = [
+    @patch function HTTP.request(args...; kwargs...)
+        options = Dict(kwargs)
+        delete!(options, :require_ssl_verification)
+        delete!(options, :response_stream)
+        return options
+    end
+    @patch AWS.Response(options, args...) = options
+]