diff --git a/selfservice/hook/web_hook.go b/selfservice/hook/web_hook.go
index 9871124f1a4..b3b5da1b509 100644
--- a/selfservice/hook/web_hook.go
+++ b/selfservice/hook/web_hook.go
@@ -263,6 +263,9 @@ func (e *WebHook) execute(data *templateContext) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if body == nil {
+		body = bytes.NewReader(make([]byte, 0))
+	}
 	if err = doHttpCall(conf.method, conf.url, conf.auth, body); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to call web hook %w", err)
 	}
@@ -271,7 +274,7 @@ func (e *WebHook) execute(data *templateContext) error {
 
 func createBody(l *logrusx.Logger, templateURI string, data *templateContext) (*bytes.Reader, error) {
 	if len(templateURI) == 0 {
-		return nil, nil
+		return bytes.NewReader(make([]byte, 0)), nil
 	}
 
 	f := fetcher.NewFetcher()
diff --git a/selfservice/hook/web_hook_test.go b/selfservice/hook/web_hook_test.go
index 185515a06c9..27b3166fdda 100644
--- a/selfservice/hook/web_hook_test.go
+++ b/selfservice/hook/web_hook_test.go
@@ -178,6 +178,12 @@ func TestJsonNetSupport(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Len(t, hook.Entries, 1)
 		assert.Contains(t, hook.LastEntry().Message, "support for filepaths without a 'file://' scheme will be dropped")
 	})
+
+	t.Run("case=return non nil body reader on empty templateURI", func(t *testing.T) {
+		body, err := createBody(l, "", nil)
+		assert.NotNil(t, body)
+		assert.Nil(t, err)
+	})
 }
 
 func TestWebHookConfig(t *testing.T) {