diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 952830bb..cd4a2184 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <VersionPrefix>1.0.23</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>1.0.24</VersionPrefix>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <Choose>
diff --git a/GitHubReleaseNotes.txt b/GitHubReleaseNotes.txt
index 3a6d2a8d..554d7463 100644
--- a/GitHubReleaseNotes.txt
+++ b/GitHubReleaseNotes.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 https://github.com/StefH/GitHubReleaseNotes
 
-GitHubReleaseNotes.exe --output CHANGELOG.md --skip-empty-releases --version 1.0.23.0
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+GitHubReleaseNotes.exe --output CHANGELOG.md --skip-empty-releases --version 1.0.24.0
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diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/ResponseBuilders/Response.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/ResponseBuilders/Response.cs
index 2ca85c39..4f09f361 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/ResponseBuilders/Response.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/ResponseBuilders/Response.cs
@@ -419,7 +419,6 @@ namespace WireMock.ResponseBuilders
             if (!UseTransformer && ResponseMessage.BodyData?.BodyAsFileIsCached == true)
             {
                 ResponseMessage.BodyData.BodyAsBytes = settings.FileSystemHandler.ReadResponseBodyAsFile(ResponseMessage.BodyData.BodyAsFile);
-                ResponseMessage.BodyData.BodyAsFile = null;
             }
 
             return ResponseMessage;
diff --git a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/ResponseBuilders/ResponseWithBodyFromFileTests.cs b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/ResponseBuilders/ResponseWithBodyFromFileTests.cs
index 4d316b55..b116053e 100644
--- a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/ResponseBuilders/ResponseWithBodyFromFileTests.cs
+++ b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/ResponseBuilders/ResponseWithBodyFromFileTests.cs
@@ -36,10 +36,14 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests.ResponseBuilders
                 );
 
             // Act
-            var response = await new HttpClient().GetStringAsync("http://localhost:" + server.Ports[0] + "/v1/content");
+            var response1 = await new HttpClient().GetStringAsync("http://localhost:" + server.Ports[0] + "/v1/content");
+            var response2 = await new HttpClient().GetStringAsync("http://localhost:" + server.Ports[0] + "/v1/content");
+            var response3 = await new HttpClient().GetStringAsync("http://localhost:" + server.Ports[0] + "/v1/content");
 
             // Assert
-            response.Should().Contain("<hello>world</hello>");
+            response1.Should().Contain("<hello>world</hello>");
+            response2.Should().Contain("<hello>world</hello>");
+            response3.Should().Contain("<hello>world</hello>");
         }
     }
 }
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