diff --git a/spring-cloud-config-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/client/ConfigServerConfigDataLoader.java b/spring-cloud-config-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/client/ConfigServerConfigDataLoader.java
index a82943ca9..4b7befaaa 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-config-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/client/ConfigServerConfigDataLoader.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-config-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/client/ConfigServerConfigDataLoader.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 import org.springframework.web.client.HttpServerErrorException;
 import org.springframework.web.client.ResourceAccessException;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
+import org.springframework.web.client.UnknownContentTypeException;
 
 import static org.springframework.cloud.config.client.ConfigClientProperties.DEFAULT_PROFILE;
 import static org.springframework.cloud.config.client.ConfigClientProperties.STATE_HEADER;
@@ -368,6 +369,15 @@ protected Environment getRemoteEnvironment(ConfigDataLoaderContext context, Conf
 					continue;
 				}
 			}
+			catch (UnknownContentTypeException e) {
+				if (i < noOfUrls - 1 && properties.getMultipleUriStrategy() == MultipleUriStrategy.ALWAYS) {
+					logger.info(
+							"Failed to read the response of a config server. Will try the next url if available. Error : "
+									+ e.getMessage());
+					continue;
+				}
+				throw e;
+			}
 
 			if (response == null) {
 				if (i < noOfUrls - 1 && properties.getMultipleUriStrategy() == MultipleUriStrategy.ALWAYS) {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-config-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/client/ConfigServicePropertySourceLocator.java b/spring-cloud-config-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/client/ConfigServicePropertySourceLocator.java
index b38ecbdd2..4618a7feb 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-config-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/client/ConfigServicePropertySourceLocator.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-config-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/client/ConfigServicePropertySourceLocator.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 import org.springframework.web.client.HttpServerErrorException;
 import org.springframework.web.client.ResourceAccessException;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
+import org.springframework.web.client.UnknownContentTypeException;
 
 import static org.springframework.cloud.config.client.ConfigClientProperties.STATE_HEADER;
 import static org.springframework.cloud.config.client.ConfigClientProperties.TOKEN_HEADER;
@@ -310,6 +311,15 @@ private Environment getRemoteEnvironment(ConfigClientRequestTemplateFactory requ
 					continue;
 				}
 			}
+			catch (UnknownContentTypeException e) {
+				if (i < noOfUrls - 1 && defaultProperties.getMultipleUriStrategy() == MultipleUriStrategy.ALWAYS) {
+					logger.info(
+							"Failed to read the response of a config server. Will try the next url if available. Error : "
+									+ e.getMessage());
+					continue;
+				}
+				throw e;
+			}
 
 			if (response == null) {
 				if (i < noOfUrls - 1 && defaultProperties.getMultipleUriStrategy() == MultipleUriStrategy.ALWAYS) {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-config-client/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/client/ConfigServerConfigDataLoaderTests.java b/spring-cloud-config-client/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/client/ConfigServerConfigDataLoaderTests.java
index 6d05d80d2..549418175 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-config-client/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/client/ConfigServerConfigDataLoaderTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-config-client/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/client/ConfigServerConfigDataLoaderTests.java
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 import org.springframework.web.client.HttpServerErrorException;
 import org.springframework.web.client.ResourceAccessException;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
+import org.springframework.web.client.UnknownContentTypeException;
 
 import static java.lang.String.format;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
@@ -301,6 +302,22 @@ public void shouldThrowExceptionWhenNegativeConnectTimeoutSet() {
 			.withMessageContaining("Invalid Value for Connect Timeout set.");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void shouldNotUseNextUriFor_UnreadableResponse_And_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_ONLY_Strategy() throws Exception {
+		mockUnreadableResponseFromFirstUri(ConfigClientProperties.MultipleUriStrategy.CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_ONLY);
+
+		assertThatExceptionOfType(ConfigClientFailFastException.class)
+			.isThrownBy(() -> this.loader.load(context, resource))
+			.withCauseInstanceOf(UnknownContentTypeException.class);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void shouldUseNextUriFor_UnreadableResponse_And_ALWAYS_Strategy() throws Exception {
+		mockUnreadableResponseFromFirstUri(ConfigClientProperties.MultipleUriStrategy.ALWAYS);
+
+		assertThat(this.loader.load(context, resource)).isNotNull();
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void shouldNotUseNextUriFor_400_And_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_ONLY_Strategy() throws Exception {
 		assertNextUriIsNotTriedForClientError(ConfigClientProperties.MultipleUriStrategy.CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_ONLY,
@@ -779,8 +796,27 @@ private void assertNextUriIsTriedOnTimeout(ConfigClientProperties.MultipleUriStr
 		assertThat(this.loader.load(context, resource)).isNotNull();
 	}
 
+	private void mockUnreadableResponseFromFirstUri(ConfigClientProperties.MultipleUriStrategy multipleUriStrategy)
+			throws Exception {
+		String badURI = "http://baduri";
+		String goodURI = "http://localhost:8888";
+		properties.setUri(new String[] { badURI, goodURI });
+		properties.setFailFast(true);
+		properties.setMultipleUriStrategy(multipleUriStrategy);
+		this.loader = new ConfigServerConfigDataLoader(destination -> logger);
+		ClientHttpRequestFactory requestFactory = mock(ClientHttpRequestFactory.class);
+		mockRequestResponse(requestFactory, badURI, HttpStatus.OK, MediaType.TEXT_HTML);
+		mockRequestResponse(requestFactory, goodURI, HttpStatus.OK);
+		when(bootstrapContext.get(RestTemplate.class)).thenReturn(new RestTemplate(requestFactory));
+	}
+
 	private void mockRequestResponse(ClientHttpRequestFactory requestFactory, String baseURI, HttpStatus status)
 			throws Exception {
+		mockRequestResponse(requestFactory, baseURI, status, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
+	}
+
+	private void mockRequestResponse(ClientHttpRequestFactory requestFactory, String baseURI, HttpStatus status,
+			MediaType contentType) throws Exception {
 		ClientHttpRequest request = mock(ClientHttpRequest.class);
 		ClientHttpResponse response = mock(ClientHttpResponse.class);
 
@@ -797,7 +833,7 @@ private void mockRequestResponse(ClientHttpRequestFactory requestFactory, String
 		when(request.execute()).thenReturn(response);
 
 		HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
-		headers.setContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
+		headers.setContentType(contentType);
 		when(response.getHeaders()).thenReturn(headers);
 		when(response.getStatusCode()).thenReturn(status);
 		when(response.getBody()).thenReturn(new ByteArrayInputStream("{}".getBytes()));
diff --git a/spring-cloud-config-client/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/client/ConfigServicePropertySourceLocatorTests.java b/spring-cloud-config-client/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/client/ConfigServicePropertySourceLocatorTests.java
index 66793fc9a..2def94348 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-config-client/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/client/ConfigServicePropertySourceLocatorTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-config-client/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/client/ConfigServicePropertySourceLocatorTests.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 import org.springframework.web.client.HttpServerErrorException;
 import org.springframework.web.client.ResourceAccessException;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
+import org.springframework.web.client.UnknownContentTypeException;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
@@ -300,6 +301,23 @@ public void shouldThrowExceptionWhenNegativeConnectTimeoutSet() {
 		}).isInstanceOf(IllegalStateException.class).hasMessageContaining("Invalid Value for Connect Timeout set.");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void shouldNotUseNextUriFor_UnreadableResponse_And_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_ONLY_Strategy() throws Exception {
+		mockUnreadableResponseFromFirstUri(ConfigClientProperties.MultipleUriStrategy.CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_ONLY);
+
+		Assertions.assertThatThrownBy(() -> this.locator.locateCollection(this.environment))
+			.isInstanceOf(IllegalStateException.class)
+			.hasMessageContaining("fail fast property is set")
+			.hasCauseInstanceOf(UnknownContentTypeException.class);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void shouldUseNextUriFor_UnreadableResponse_And_ALWAYS_Strategy() throws Exception {
+		mockUnreadableResponseFromFirstUri(ConfigClientProperties.MultipleUriStrategy.ALWAYS);
+
+		assertThat(this.locator.locateCollection(this.environment)).isNotNull();
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void shouldNotUseNextUriFor_400_And_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_ONLY_Strategy() throws Exception {
 		assertNextUriIsNotTriedForClientError(ConfigClientProperties.MultipleUriStrategy.CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_ONLY,
@@ -621,8 +639,28 @@ private Map<String, Object> originValue(String value, String origin) {
 		return map;
 	}
 
+	private void mockUnreadableResponseFromFirstUri(ConfigClientProperties.MultipleUriStrategy multipleUriStrategy)
+			throws Exception {
+		ConfigClientProperties clientProperties = new ConfigClientProperties(this.environment);
+		String badURI = "http://baduri";
+		String goodURI = "http://localhost:8888";
+		clientProperties.setUri(new String[] { badURI, goodURI });
+		clientProperties.setFailFast(true);
+		clientProperties.setMultipleUriStrategy(multipleUriStrategy);
+		this.locator = new ConfigServicePropertySourceLocator(clientProperties);
+		ClientHttpRequestFactory requestFactory = Mockito.mock(ClientHttpRequestFactory.class);
+		mockRequestResponse(requestFactory, badURI, HttpStatus.OK, MediaType.TEXT_HTML);
+		mockRequestResponse(requestFactory, goodURI, HttpStatus.OK);
+		this.locator.setRestTemplate(new RestTemplate(requestFactory));
+	}
+
 	private void mockRequestResponse(ClientHttpRequestFactory requestFactory, String baseURI, HttpStatus status)
 			throws Exception {
+		mockRequestResponse(requestFactory, baseURI, status, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
+	}
+
+	private void mockRequestResponse(ClientHttpRequestFactory requestFactory, String baseURI, HttpStatus status,
+			MediaType contentType) throws Exception {
 		ClientHttpRequest request = Mockito.mock(ClientHttpRequest.class);
 		ClientHttpResponse response = Mockito.mock(ClientHttpResponse.class);
 
@@ -641,7 +679,7 @@ private void mockRequestResponse(ClientHttpRequestFactory requestFactory, String
 		Mockito.when(request.execute()).thenReturn(response);
 
 		HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
-		headers.setContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
+		headers.setContentType(contentType);
 		Mockito.when(response.getHeaders()).thenReturn(headers);
 		Mockito.when(response.getStatusCode()).thenReturn(status);
 		Mockito.when(response.getBody()).thenReturn(new ByteArrayInputStream("{}".getBytes()));