diff --git a/AFNetworking/AFJSONRequestOperation.h b/AFNetworking/AFJSONRequestOperation.h
index ed82e6a963..f5ead5b7a7 100644
--- a/AFNetworking/AFJSONRequestOperation.h
+++ b/AFNetworking/AFJSONRequestOperation.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 /**
  A JSON object constructed from the response data. If an error occurs while parsing, `nil` will be returned, and the `error` property will be set to the error.
  */
-@property (readonly, nonatomic) id responseJSON;
+@property (readonly, nonatomic, strong) id responseJSON;
 
 ///----------------------------------
 /// @name Creating Request Operations
diff --git a/AFNetworking/AFJSONRequestOperation.m b/AFNetworking/AFJSONRequestOperation.m
index f5c438e0f4..7fa9669ab7 100644
--- a/AFNetworking/AFJSONRequestOperation.m
+++ b/AFNetworking/AFJSONRequestOperation.m
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ static dispatch_queue_t json_request_operation_processing_queue() {
 }
 
 @interface AFJSONRequestOperation ()
-@property (readwrite, nonatomic) id responseJSON;
-@property (readwrite, nonatomic) NSError *JSONError;
+@property (readwrite, nonatomic, strong) id responseJSON;
+@property (readwrite, nonatomic, strong) NSError *JSONError;
 @end
 
 @implementation AFJSONRequestOperation