diff --git a/swagger_parser/lib/src/generator/models/universal_request.dart b/swagger_parser/lib/src/generator/models/universal_request.dart
index ee2e9290..89dfb347 100644
--- a/swagger_parser/lib/src/generator/models/universal_request.dart
+++ b/swagger_parser/lib/src/generator/models/universal_request.dart
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ final class UniversalRequest {
           runtimeType == other.runtimeType &&
           name == other.name &&
           requestType == other.requestType &&
+          contentType == other.contentType &&
           route == other.route &&
           returnType == other.returnType &&
           const DeepCollectionEquality().equals(parameters, other.parameters) &&
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ final class UniversalRequest {
       requestType.hashCode ^
       route.hashCode ^
       returnType.hashCode ^
+      contentType.hashCode ^
       parameters.hashCode ^
       isMultiPart.hashCode ^
       isFormUrlEncoded.hashCode;
diff --git a/swagger_parser/lib/src/parser/parser.dart b/swagger_parser/lib/src/parser/parser.dart
index 9df30e00..f4f0b4d1 100644
--- a/swagger_parser/lib/src/parser/parser.dart
+++ b/swagger_parser/lib/src/parser/parser.dart
@@ -398,6 +398,8 @@ class OpenApiParser {
           resultContentType = _multipartFormDataConst;
         } else if (consumes.contains(_formUrlEncodedConst)) {
           resultContentType = _formUrlEncodedConst;
+        } else if (consumes.isNotEmpty && consumes.first != null) {
+          resultContentType = consumes.first as String;
         }
       }
       for (final parameter in map[_parametersConst] as List<dynamic>) {
diff --git a/swagger_parser/test/parser/requests_test.dart b/swagger_parser/test/parser/requests_test.dart
index 5f3cd65a..3805c593 100644
--- a/swagger_parser/test/parser/requests_test.dart
+++ b/swagger_parser/test/parser/requests_test.dart
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ void main() {
               requestType: HttpRequestType.post,
               route: '/api/Auth/register',
               returnType: UniversalType(type: 'string'),
+              contentType: 'text/json',
               parameters: [
                 UniversalRequestType(
                   parameterType: HttpParameterType.body,
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ void main() {
         ),
       ];
       for (var i = 0; i < actualRestClients.length; i++) {
-        expect(actualRestClients.last, expectedRestClients.last);
+        expect(actualRestClients[i], expectedRestClients[i]);
       }
     });
 
diff --git a/swagger_parser/test/parser/schemas/basic_requests.2.0.json b/swagger_parser/test/parser/schemas/basic_requests.2.0.json
index 1cf80b42..62e043b9 100644
--- a/swagger_parser/test/parser/schemas/basic_requests.2.0.json
+++ b/swagger_parser/test/parser/schemas/basic_requests.2.0.json
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
           "Auth"
         ],
         "consumes": [
-          "application/json",
           "text/json",
+          "application/json",
           "application/*+json"
         ],
         "produces": [