diff --git a/dstack/Cargo.lock b/dstack/Cargo.lock
index 6ae5b810a..367039477 100644
--- a/dstack/Cargo.lock
+++ b/dstack/Cargo.lock
@@ -5536,9 +5536,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "prpc"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.6.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dd65145222d0e76bf84c71bb0e9abcf45779d032fb0933fe1cceeb11be1f06a9"
+checksum = "56168f524507cff007f4399ca18e645a18960c9c5e84fca98a24d11c56c85687"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -5555,9 +5555,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "prpc-build"
-version = "0.6.1"
+version = "0.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0db191928d08a5e73122ee34e0003b23c5427e40aa0057394d1009f67c3aa5eb"
+checksum = "af89d66c95988e7da1ce83bd9353e1ce7eb22ce6ba6faf5ddc6cc97aa87b3e20"
 dependencies = [
  "either",
  "fs-err",
diff --git a/dstack/Cargo.toml b/dstack/Cargo.toml
index 18c4c171d..420d6a227 100644
--- a/dstack/Cargo.toml
+++ b/dstack/Cargo.toml
@@ -261,8 +261,8 @@ x509-parser = "0.16.0"
 pkcs8 = { version = "0.10", default-features = false }
 
 # RPC/Protocol
-prpc = "0.6.0"
-prpc-build = "0.6.1"
+prpc = "0.6.2"
+prpc-build = "0.7.0"
 
 # Development/Testing
 bindgen = "0.71.1"
diff --git a/dstack/http-client/src/prpc.rs b/dstack/http-client/src/prpc.rs
index e26e5bb64..7818463a8 100644
--- a/dstack/http-client/src/prpc.rs
+++ b/dstack/http-client/src/prpc.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ impl RequestClient for PrpcClient {
         if status != 200 {
             anyhow::bail!("Invalid status code: {status}, path={path}");
         }
-        let response = serde_json::from_slice(&body).context("Failed to deserialize response")?;
+        // Not serde_json::from_slice: a unit response arrives as an empty body, which
+        // is not valid JSON. Every RequestClient impl has to decode through this.
+        let response =
+            prpc::codec::decode_json_from_slice(&body).context("Failed to deserialize response")?;
         Ok(response)
     }
 }
diff --git a/dstack/ra-rpc/src/client.rs b/dstack/ra-rpc/src/client.rs
index 62e52f442..5211dbcfa 100644
--- a/dstack/ra-rpc/src/client.rs
+++ b/dstack/ra-rpc/src/client.rs
@@ -211,7 +211,10 @@ impl RequestClient for RaClient {
             .await
             .context("Failed to read response")?
             .to_vec();
-        let response = serde_json::from_slice(&body).context("Failed to deserialize response")?;
+        // Not serde_json::from_slice: a unit response arrives as an empty body, which
+        // is not valid JSON. Every RequestClient impl has to decode through this.
+        let response =
+            prpc::codec::decode_json_from_slice(&body).context("Failed to deserialize response")?;
         Ok(response)
     }
 }