diff --git a/src/mockServiceWorker.js b/src/mockServiceWorker.js
index 699f43aef..536b15178 100644
--- a/src/mockServiceWorker.js
+++ b/src/mockServiceWorker.js
@@ -147,7 +147,11 @@ async function handleRequest(event, requestId) {
   if (client && activeClientIds.has(client.id)) {
     ;(async function () {
       const clonedResponse = response.clone()
-      sendToClient(client, {
+      const body =
+        clonedResponse.body === null
+          ? undefined
+          : await clonedResponse.arrayBuffer()
+      const message = {
         type: 'RESPONSE',
         payload: {
           requestId,
@@ -155,12 +159,12 @@ async function handleRequest(event, requestId) {
           ok: clonedResponse.ok,
           status: clonedResponse.status,
           statusText: clonedResponse.statusText,
-          body:
-            clonedResponse.body === null ? null : await clonedResponse.text(),
+          body,
           headers: Object.fromEntries(clonedResponse.headers.entries()),
           redirected: clonedResponse.redirected,
         },
-      })
+      }
+      sendToClient(client, message, body && [body])
     })()
   }
 
@@ -200,7 +204,7 @@ async function getResponse(event, client, requestId) {
 
   function passthrough() {
     // Clone the request because it might've been already used
-    // (i.e. its body has been read and sent to the cilent).
+    // (i.e. its body has been read and sent to the client).
     const headers = Object.fromEntries(clonedRequest.headers.entries())
 
     // Remove MSW-specific request headers so the bypassed requests
@@ -239,7 +243,7 @@ async function getResponse(event, client, requestId) {
   )
 
   // Notify the client that a request has been intercepted.
-  const clientMessage = await sendToClient(client, {
+  const message = {
     type: 'REQUEST',
     payload: {
       id: requestId,
@@ -254,11 +258,14 @@ async function getResponse(event, client, requestId) {
       redirect: request.redirect,
       referrer: request.referrer,
       referrerPolicy: request.referrerPolicy,
-      body: await request.text(),
+      body: await request.arrayBuffer(),
       bodyUsed: request.bodyUsed,
       keepalive: request.keepalive,
     },
-  })
+  }
+  const clientMessage = await sendToClient(client, message, [
+    message.payload.body,
+  ])
 
   switch (clientMessage.type) {
     case 'MOCK_RESPONSE': {
@@ -304,7 +311,7 @@ This exception has been gracefully handled as a 500 response, however, it's stro
   return passthrough()
 }
 
-function sendToClient(client, message) {
+function sendToClient(client, message, transfer) {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const channel = new MessageChannel()
 
@@ -316,7 +323,7 @@ function sendToClient(client, message) {
       resolve(event.data)
     }
 
-    client.postMessage(message, [channel.port2])
+    client.postMessage(message, [channel.port2].concat(transfer || []))
   })
 }
 
diff --git a/src/setupWorker/glossary.ts b/src/setupWorker/glossary.ts
index 417f1dbed..419b2e7f5 100644
--- a/src/setupWorker/glossary.ts
+++ b/src/setupWorker/glossary.ts
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ export interface ServiceWorkerIncomingRequest extends RequestWithoutMethods {
   id: string
 
   /**
-   * Text response body.
+   * Response body.
    */
-  body?: string
+  body?: ArrayBuffer
 }
 
 export type ServiceWorkerIncomingResponse = Pick<
diff --git a/src/utils/request/parseWorkerRequest.ts b/src/utils/request/parseWorkerRequest.ts
index cc8b45fd7..71b4a1658 100644
--- a/src/utils/request/parseWorkerRequest.ts
+++ b/src/utils/request/parseWorkerRequest.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { encodeBuffer } from '@mswjs/interceptors'
 import { Headers } from 'headers-polyfill'
 import { ServiceWorkerIncomingRequest } from '../../setupWorker/glossary'
 import { MockedRequest } from './MockedRequest'
@@ -13,9 +12,5 @@ export function parseWorkerRequest(
   const url = new URL(rawRequest.url)
   const headers = new Headers(rawRequest.headers)
 
-  return new MockedRequest(url, {
-    ...rawRequest,
-    body: encodeBuffer(rawRequest.body || ''),
-    headers,
-  })
+  return new MockedRequest(url, { ...rawRequest, headers })
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/request/pruneGetRequestBody.test.ts b/src/utils/request/pruneGetRequestBody.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c08e25a4..000000000
--- a/src/utils/request/pruneGetRequestBody.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @jest-environment jsdom
- */
-import { pruneGetRequestBody } from './pruneGetRequestBody'
-
-test('sets empty GET request body to undefined', () => {
-  const body = pruneGetRequestBody({
-    method: 'GET',
-    body: '',
-  })
-
-  expect(body).toBeUndefined()
-})
-
-test('preserves non-empty GET request body', () => {
-  const body = pruneGetRequestBody({
-    method: 'GET',
-    body: 'text-body',
-  })
-
-  expect(body).toBe('text-body')
-})
-
-test('ignores requests of the other method than GET', () => {
-  expect(
-    pruneGetRequestBody({
-      method: 'HEAD',
-      body: JSON.stringify({ a: 1 }),
-    }),
-  ).toBe(JSON.stringify({ a: 1 }))
-
-  expect(
-    pruneGetRequestBody({
-      method: 'POST',
-      body: 'text-body',
-    }),
-  ).toBe('text-body')
-})
diff --git a/src/utils/request/pruneGetRequestBody.ts b/src/utils/request/pruneGetRequestBody.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d6f1e1ce7..000000000
--- a/src/utils/request/pruneGetRequestBody.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-import { ServiceWorkerIncomingRequest } from '../../setupWorker/glossary'
-import { isStringEqual } from '../internal/isStringEqual'
-
-type Input = Pick<ServiceWorkerIncomingRequest, 'method' | 'body'>
-
-/**
- * Ensures that an empty GET request body is always represented as `undefined`.
- */
-export function pruneGetRequestBody(
-  request: Input,
-): ServiceWorkerIncomingRequest['body'] {
-  if (
-    request.method &&
-    isStringEqual(request.method, 'GET') &&
-    request.body === ''
-  ) {
-    return undefined
-  }
-
-  return request.body
-}