diff --git a/crates/api_models/src/open_router.rs b/crates/api_models/src/open_router.rs
index cfcb45ef97..08607e1469 100644
--- a/crates/api_models/src/open_router.rs
+++ b/crates/api_models/src/open_router.rs
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ pub struct UpdateScorePayload {
     pub payment_id: id_type::PaymentId,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
+pub struct UpdateScoreResponse {
+    pub message: String,
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE")]
 pub enum TxnStatus {
diff --git a/crates/router/src/core/payments/routing.rs b/crates/router/src/core/payments/routing.rs
index c36de4fb63..f08e76469d 100644
--- a/crates/router/src/core/payments/routing.rs
+++ b/crates/router/src/core/payments/routing.rs
@@ -1958,11 +1958,12 @@ pub async fn update_gateway_score_with_open_router(
 
     match response {
         Ok(resp) => {
-            let update_score_resp = String::from_utf8(resp.response.to_vec()).change_context(
-                errors::RoutingError::OpenRouterError(
+            let update_score_resp = resp
+                .response
+                .parse_struct::<or_types::UpdateScoreResponse>("UpdateScoreResponse")
+                .change_context(errors::RoutingError::OpenRouterError(
                     "Failed to parse the response from open_router".into(),
-                ),
-            )?;
+                ))?;
 
             logger::debug!(
                 "open_router update_gateway_score response for gateway with id {}: {:?}",