diff --git a/src/main/java/com/spectralogic/ds3client/commands/DeleteBucketResponse.java b/src/main/java/com/spectralogic/ds3client/commands/DeleteBucketResponse.java
index 4326fc738..ea3c3baf2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/spectralogic/ds3client/commands/DeleteBucketResponse.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/spectralogic/ds3client/commands/DeleteBucketResponse.java
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ public DeleteBucketResponse(CloseableHttpResponse response) throws IOException {
 
     @Override
     protected void processResponse() throws IOException {
-        checkStatusCode(200);
+        checkStatusCode(204);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/spectralogic/ds3client/commands/DeleteObjectResponse.java b/src/main/java/com/spectralogic/ds3client/commands/DeleteObjectResponse.java
index e441fa022..dc15b28aa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/spectralogic/ds3client/commands/DeleteObjectResponse.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/spectralogic/ds3client/commands/DeleteObjectResponse.java
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ public DeleteObjectResponse(CloseableHttpResponse response) throws IOException {
 
     @Override
     protected void processResponse() throws IOException {
-        checkStatusCode(200);
+        checkStatusCode(204);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/spectralogic/ds3client/Ds3Client_Test.java b/src/test/java/com/spectralogic/ds3client/Ds3Client_Test.java
index 3d0d30768..6baa3cb3e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/spectralogic/ds3client/Ds3Client_Test.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/spectralogic/ds3client/Ds3Client_Test.java
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ void validate(PutBucketRequest request) {
     public void deleteBucket() throws IOException, SignatureException {
         new NonStrictExpectations() {{
             netClient.getResponse(withInstanceOf(DeleteBucketRequest.class));
-            result = new MockedResponse("", 200).getMockInstance();
+            result = new MockedResponse("", 204).getMockInstance();
             forEachInvocation = new Object() {
                 void validate(DeleteBucketRequest request) {
                     assertThat(request.getPath(), is("/bucketName"));
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ void validate(DeleteBucketRequest request) {
     public void deleteObject() throws IOException, SignatureException {
         new NonStrictExpectations() {{
             netClient.getResponse(withInstanceOf(DeleteObjectRequest.class));
-            result = new MockedResponse("", 200).getMockInstance();
+            result = new MockedResponse("", 204).getMockInstance();
             forEachInvocation = new Object() {
                 void validate(DeleteObjectRequest request) {
                     assertThat(request.getPath(), is("/bucketName/my/file.txt"));