diff --git a/aiopenapi3/v20/glue.py b/aiopenapi3/v20/glue.py
index 5dd8b97f..6ae1798d 100644
--- a/aiopenapi3/v20/glue.py
+++ b/aiopenapi3/v20/glue.py
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ def _process_stream(self, result: httpx.Response) -> tuple["ResponseHeadersType"
         return headers, expected_response.schema_
 
     def _process_request(self, result: httpx.Response) -> tuple["ResponseHeadersType", "ResponseDataType"]:
-        rheaders: "ResponseHeadersType" = dict()
+        rheaders: "ResponseHeadersType"
         # spec enforces these are strings
         status_code = str(result.status_code)
         content_type = result.headers.get("Content-Type", None)
@@ -316,6 +316,10 @@ def _process_request(self, result: httpx.Response) -> tuple["ResponseHeadersType
 
         rheaders = self._process__headers(result, headers, expected_response)
 
+        if expected_response.schema_ is None:
+            """Swagger treats no schema as a response without a body."""
+            return rheaders, None
+
         if status_code == "204":
             return rheaders, None
 
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 239b1077..7502fe9f 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -272,6 +272,11 @@ def with_paths_response_header(openapi_version):
     yield _get_parsed_yaml("paths-response-header.yaml", openapi_version)
 
 
+@pytest.fixture(params=["", "-v20"], ids=["v3x", "v20"])
+def with_paths_response_content_empty_vXX(request):
+    return _get_parsed_yaml(f"paths-response-content-empty{request.param}.yaml")
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def with_paths_response_content_type_octet(openapi_version):
     yield _get_parsed_yaml("paths-response-content-type-octet.yaml", openapi_version)
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/paths-response-content-empty-v20.yaml b/tests/fixtures/paths-response-content-empty-v20.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f453cdd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/paths-response-content-empty-v20.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+swagger: "2.0"
+info:
+  title: with empty response
+  description: with empty response
+  version: 1.0.0
+host: api.example.com
+basePath: /v1
+schemes:
+  - https
+
+consumes:
+  - application/json
+produces:
+  - application/json
+
+definitions: {}
+
+paths:
+  /empty:
+    get:
+      operationId: empty
+      responses:
+        "200":
+          description: OK
+  /headers:
+    get:
+      operationId: headers
+      responses:
+        "200":
+          description: OK
+          headers:
+            X-required:
+              type: string
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/paths-response-content-empty.yaml b/tests/fixtures/paths-response-content-empty.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7c5e9224
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/paths-response-content-empty.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+openapi: 3.0.3
+info:
+  title: 'with empty response'
+  version: 0.0.0
+servers:
+  - url: http://127.0.0.1/api
+
+security:
+  - {}
+
+paths:
+  /empty:
+    get:
+      operationId: empty
+      responses:
+        "200":
+          description: "ok"
+  /headers:
+    get:
+      operationId: headers
+      responses:
+        "200":
+          description: "ok"
+          headers:
+            X-required:
+              schema:
+                type: string
+              required: true
diff --git a/tests/path_test.py b/tests/path_test.py
index 1d764658..ad86bde0 100644
--- a/tests/path_test.py
+++ b/tests/path_test.py
@@ -427,6 +427,18 @@ def test_paths_response_header(httpx_mock, with_paths_response_header):
     return
 
 
+@pytest.mark.httpx_mock(can_send_already_matched_responses=True)
+def test_paths_response_content_empty(httpx_mock, with_paths_response_content_empty_vXX):
+    httpx_mock.add_response(status_code=200)
+    api = OpenAPI(URLBASE, with_paths_response_content_empty_vXX, session_factory=httpx.Client)
+    h, b = api._.empty(return_headers=True)
+    assert b is None and h == {}
+
+    httpx_mock.add_response(status_code=200, headers={"X-required": "1"})
+    h, b = api._.headers(return_headers=True)
+    assert b is None and h["X-required"] == "1"
+
+
 @pytest.mark.httpx_mock(can_send_already_matched_responses=True)
 def test_paths_response_content_type_octet(httpx_mock, with_paths_response_content_type_octet):
     CONTENT = b"\x00\x11"