diff --git a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/api/rest/connection.py b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/api/rest/connection.py
index 8b534fc24f8..d8d3bed10ed 100644
--- a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/api/rest/connection.py
+++ b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/api/rest/connection.py
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ from metadata.ingestion.connections.test_connections import test_connection_step
 from metadata.ingestion.ometa.ometa_api import OpenMetadata
 from metadata.utils.constants import THREE_MIN
 
-ACCEPTED_CONTENT_TYPES = ["application/json", "application/vnd.oai.openapi+json"]
-
 
 class SchemaURLError(Exception):
     """
@@ -68,21 +66,25 @@ def test_connection(
     """
 
     def custom_url_exec():
-        if client.status_code == 200 and any(
-            content_type in client.headers.get("content-type")
-            for content_type in ACCEPTED_CONTENT_TYPES
-        ):
+        if client.status_code == 200:
             return []
         raise SchemaURLError(
-            "Failed to parse JSON schema url. Please check if provided url is valid JSON schema."
+            "Failed to connect to the JSON schema url. Please check the url and credentials. Status Code was: "
+            + str(client.status_code)
         )
 
     def custom_schema_exec():
-        if client.json().get("openapi") is not None:
-            return []
-        raise InvalidOpenAPISchemaError(
-            "Provided schema is not valid OpenAPI JSON schema"
-        )
+        try:
+            if client.json() is not None and client.json().get("openapi") is not None:
+                return []
+
+            raise InvalidOpenAPISchemaError(
+                "Provided schema is not valid OpenAPI JSON schema"
+            )
+        except:
+            raise InvalidOpenAPISchemaError(
+                "Provided schema is not valid OpenAPI JSON schema"
+            )
 
     test_fn = {"CheckURL": custom_url_exec, "CheckSchema": custom_schema_exec}
 
diff --git a/ingestion/tests/unit/topology/api/test_rest.py b/ingestion/tests/unit/topology/api/test_rest.py
index e519fcb0cf3..8540df3ee87 100644
--- a/ingestion/tests/unit/topology/api/test_rest.py
+++ b/ingestion/tests/unit/topology/api/test_rest.py
@@ -169,11 +169,6 @@ class RESTTest(TestCase):
         )
         assert collection_request == EXPECTED_COLLECTION_REQUEST
 
-    def test_json_schema(self):
-        """test json schema"""
-        schema_content_type = self.rest_source.connection.headers.get("content-type")
-        assert "application/json" in schema_content_type
-
     def test_all_collections(self):
         with patch.object(
             self.rest_source.connection, "json", return_value=MOCK_JSON_RESPONSE