diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/go/client.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/go/client.mustache
index 6c05b5aec6d9..876fcb58ca35 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/go/client.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/go/client.mustache
@@ -317,6 +317,10 @@ func (c *APIClient) prepareRequest(
 }
 
 func (c *APIClient) decode(v interface{}, b []byte, contentType string) (err error) {
+	if s, ok := v.(*string); ok {
+		*s = string(b)
+		return nil
+	}
 	if xmlCheck.MatchString(contentType) {
 		if err = xml.Unmarshal(b, v); err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/go/go-petstore/client.go b/samples/client/petstore/go/go-petstore/client.go
index f45bf93f15c8..1da02b57f318 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/go/go-petstore/client.go
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/go/go-petstore/client.go
@@ -328,6 +328,10 @@ func (c *APIClient) prepareRequest(
 }
 
 func (c *APIClient) decode(v interface{}, b []byte, contentType string) (err error) {
+	if s, ok := v.(*string); ok {
+		*s = string(b)
+		return nil
+	}
 	if xmlCheck.MatchString(contentType) {
 		if err = xml.Unmarshal(b, v); err != nil {
 			return err