diff --git a/packages/http-client/RELEASES.md b/packages/http-client/RELEASES.md
index d3195080..5a942d4d 100644
--- a/packages/http-client/RELEASES.md
+++ b/packages/http-client/RELEASES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ## Releases
 
+## 2.1.1
+- Add `HttpClientResponse.readBodyBuffer` method to read from a response stream and return a buffer [#1475](https://github.com/actions/toolkit/pull/1475)
+
 ## 2.1.0
 - Add support for `*` and subdomains in `no_proxy` [#1355](https://github.com/actions/toolkit/pull/1355) [#1223](https://github.com/actions/toolkit/pull/1223)
 - Bypass proxy for loopback IP adresses [#1360](https://github.com/actions/toolkit/pull/1360))
diff --git a/packages/http-client/package-lock.json b/packages/http-client/package-lock.json
index 333acf7f..503a680a 100644
--- a/packages/http-client/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/http-client/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@actions/http-client",
-  "version": "2.1.0",
+  "version": "2.1.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@actions/http-client",
-      "version": "2.1.0",
+      "version": "2.1.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "tunnel": "^0.0.6"
diff --git a/packages/http-client/package.json b/packages/http-client/package.json
index 61af4ee1..f0c747bd 100644
--- a/packages/http-client/package.json
+++ b/packages/http-client/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@actions/http-client",
-  "version": "2.1.0",
+  "version": "2.1.1",
   "description": "Actions Http Client",
   "keywords": [
     "github",
diff --git a/packages/http-client/src/index.ts b/packages/http-client/src/index.ts
index ebea203d..a63e61b7 100644
--- a/packages/http-client/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/http-client/src/index.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,20 @@ export class HttpClientResponse {
       })
     })
   }
+
+  async readBodyBuffer?(): Promise<Buffer> {
+    return new Promise<Buffer>(async resolve => {
+      const chunks: Buffer[] = []
+
+      this.message.on('data', (chunk: Buffer) => {
+        chunks.push(chunk)
+      })
+
+      this.message.on('end', () => {
+        resolve(Buffer.concat(chunks))
+      })
+    })
+  }
 }
 
 export function isHttps(requestUrl: string): boolean {