diff --git a/codegen/smithy-python-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/python/codegen/integration/RestJsonProtocolGenerator.java b/codegen/smithy-python-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/python/codegen/integration/RestJsonProtocolGenerator.java
index 5246a031b..e916980da 100644
--- a/codegen/smithy-python-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/python/codegen/integration/RestJsonProtocolGenerator.java
+++ b/codegen/smithy-python-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/python/codegen/integration/RestJsonProtocolGenerator.java
@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@ public void wrapEventStream(GenerationContext context, PythonWriter writer) {
         writer.addImports("aws_event_stream.aio", Set.of(
                 "AWSDuplexEventStream", "AWSInputEventStream", "AWSOutputEventStream"));
         writer.addImport("smithy_json", "JSONCodec");
+        writer.addImport("smithy_core.aio.types", "AsyncBytesReader");
         writer.addImport("smithy_core.types", "TimestampFormat");
         writer.addStdlibImport("typing", "Any");
 
@@ -417,7 +418,7 @@ public void wrapEventStream(GenerationContext context, PythonWriter writer) {
                             payload_codec=codec,
                             initial_response=operation_output,
                             async_writer=execution_context.transport_request.body,  # type: ignore
-                            async_reader=execution_context.transport_response.body,  # type: ignore
+                            async_reader=AsyncBytesReader(execution_context.transport_response.body),  # type: ignore
                             deserializer=event_deserializer,  # type: ignore
                         )
                     else:
@@ -430,7 +431,7 @@ public void wrapEventStream(GenerationContext context, PythonWriter writer) {
                     return AWSOutputEventStream[Any, Any](
                         payload_codec=codec,
                         initial_response=operation_output,
-                        async_reader=execution_context.transport_response.body,  # type: ignore
+                        async_reader=AsyncBytesReader(execution_context.transport_response.body),  # type: ignore
                         deserializer=event_deserializer,  # type: ignore
                     )
                 """);