diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/client/DefaultRestTestClient.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/client/DefaultRestTestClient.java
index 327ad3de13e..e95fb538f35 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/client/DefaultRestTestClient.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/client/DefaultRestTestClient.java
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequestExecution;
 import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequestInterceptor;
 import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpResponse;
+import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverters;
+import org.springframework.test.http.HttpMessageContentConverter;
 import org.springframework.test.json.JsonAssert;
 import org.springframework.test.json.JsonComparator;
 import org.springframework.test.json.JsonCompareMode;
@@ -67,6 +69,8 @@ class DefaultRestTestClient implements RestTestClient {
 
 	private final DefaultRestTestClientBuilder<?> restTestClientBuilder;
 
+	private final @Nullable HttpMessageContentConverter messageContentConverter;
+
 	private final AtomicLong requestIndex = new AtomicLong();
 
 
@@ -77,6 +81,7 @@ class DefaultRestTestClient implements RestTestClient {
 		this.restClient = builder.requestInterceptor(this.wiretapInterceptor).build();
 		this.entityResultConsumer = entityResultConsumer;
 		this.restTestClientBuilder = restTestClientBuilder;
+		this.messageContentConverter = new ConverterCallback(this.restClient).getConverter();
 	}
 
 
@@ -131,6 +136,27 @@ class DefaultRestTestClient implements RestTestClient {
 	}
 
 
+	private static class ConverterCallback {
+
+		private @Nullable HttpMessageContentConverter converter;
+
+		ConverterCallback(RestClient client) {
+			client.mutate()
+					.configureMessageConverters(convertersBuilder -> {
+						HttpMessageConverters converters = convertersBuilder.build();
+						if (converters.iterator().hasNext()) {
+							this.converter = HttpMessageContentConverter.of(converters);
+						}
+					})
+					.build();
+		}
+
+		public @Nullable HttpMessageContentConverter getConverter() {
+			return this.converter;
+		}
+	}
+
+
 	private class DefaultRequestBodyUriSpec implements RequestBodyUriSpec {
 
 		private final RestClient.RequestBodyUriSpec requestHeadersUriSpec;
@@ -263,7 +289,8 @@ class DefaultRestTestClient implements RestTestClient {
 					this.requestHeadersUriSpec.exchangeForRequiredValue(
 							(request, response) -> {
 								byte[] requestBody = wiretapInterceptor.getRequestContent(this.requestId);
-								return new ExchangeResult(request, response, this.uriTemplate, requestBody);
+								return new ExchangeResult(
+										request, response, this.uriTemplate, requestBody, messageContentConverter);
 							}, false),
 					DefaultRestTestClient.this.entityResultConsumer);
 		}
diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/client/ExchangeResult.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/client/ExchangeResult.java
index 99cf979c0fa..c86b4d352ec 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/client/ExchangeResult.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/client/ExchangeResult.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatusCode;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseCookie;
+import org.springframework.test.http.HttpMessageContentConverter;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.LinkedMultiValueMap;
 import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
@@ -74,13 +75,15 @@ public class ExchangeResult {
 
 	private final byte[] requestBody;
 
+	private final @Nullable HttpMessageContentConverter messageContentConverter;
+
 	/** Ensure single logging; for example, for expectAll. */
 	private boolean diagnosticsLogged;
 
 
 	ExchangeResult(
 			HttpRequest request, ConvertibleClientHttpResponse response, @Nullable String uriTemplate,
-			byte[] requestBody) {
+			byte[] requestBody, @Nullable HttpMessageContentConverter messageContentConverter) {
 
 		Assert.notNull(request, "HttpRequest must not be null");
 		Assert.notNull(response, "ClientHttpResponse must not be null");
@@ -88,10 +91,11 @@ public class ExchangeResult {
 		this.clientResponse = response;
 		this.uriTemplate = uriTemplate;
 		this.requestBody = requestBody;
+		this.messageContentConverter = messageContentConverter;
 	}
 
 	ExchangeResult(ExchangeResult result) {
-		this(result.request, result.clientResponse, result.uriTemplate, result.requestBody);
+		this(result.request, result.clientResponse, result.uriTemplate, result.requestBody, result.messageContentConverter);
 		this.diagnosticsLogged = result.diagnosticsLogged;
 	}
 
@@ -197,6 +201,14 @@ public class ExchangeResult {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Return a content converter that delegates to the configured HTTP message converters.
+	 * Mainly for internal use from AssertJ support.
+	 */
+	public @Nullable HttpMessageContentConverter getMessageContentConverter() {
+		return this.messageContentConverter;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Execute the given Runnable, catch any {@link AssertionError}, log details
 	 * about the request and response at ERROR level under the class log
diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/client/RestTestClient.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/client/RestTestClient.java
index 9a9af7b797c..8c0e84a0150 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/client/RestTestClient.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/client/RestTestClient.java
@@ -647,13 +647,24 @@ public interface RestTestClient {
 		BodyContentSpec expectBody();
 
 		/**
-		 * Exit the chained flow in order to consume the response body externally.
+		 * Return an {@link ExchangeResult} with the raw content. Effectively, a shortcut for:
+		 * <pre class="code">
+		 * .returnResult(byte[].class)
+		 * </pre>
+		 */
+		default ExchangeResult returnResult() {
+			return returnResult(byte[].class);
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Convert the response content to the given target type, and return an
+		 * {@link ExchangeResult} that represents the exchange.
 		 */
 		<T> EntityExchangeResult<T> returnResult(Class<T> elementClass);
 
 		/**
-		 * Alternative to {@link #returnResult(Class)} that accepts information
-		 * about a target type with generics.
+		 * Alternative to {@link #returnResult(Class)} that allows specifying a
+		 * response body type with generics.
 		 */
 		<T> EntityExchangeResult<T> returnResult(ParameterizedTypeReference<T> elementTypeRef);
 
diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/client/assertj/DefaultRestTestClientResponse.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/client/assertj/DefaultRestTestClientResponse.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d15e354393a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/client/assertj/DefaultRestTestClientResponse.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-present the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.test.web.servlet.client.assertj;
+
+import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.client.ExchangeResult;
+
+/**
+ * Default implementation of {@link RestTestClientResponse}.
+ *
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ * @since 7.0
+ */
+final class DefaultRestTestClientResponse implements RestTestClientResponse {
+
+	private final ExchangeResult exchangeResult;
+
+
+	DefaultRestTestClientResponse(ExchangeResult exchangeResult) {
+		this.exchangeResult = exchangeResult;
+	}
+
+
+	@Override
+	public ExchangeResult getExchangeResult() {
+		return this.exchangeResult;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Use AssertJ's {@link org.assertj.core.api.Assertions#assertThat assertThat}
+	 * instead.
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public RestTestClientResponseAssert assertThat() {
+		return new RestTestClientResponseAssert(this);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/client/assertj/RestTestClientResponse.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/client/assertj/RestTestClientResponse.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cb713e1611d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/client/assertj/RestTestClientResponse.java
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-present the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.test.web.servlet.client.assertj;
+
+import org.assertj.core.api.AssertProvider;
+
+import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.client.ExchangeResult;
+import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.client.RestTestClient;
+
+/**
+ * {@link AssertProvider} for {@link RestTestClientResponseAssert} that holds the
+ * result of an exchange performed through {@link RestTestClient}. Intended for
+ * further use with AssertJ. For example:
+ *
+ * <pre class="code">
+ * ResponseSpec spec = restTestClient.get().uri("/greeting").exchange();
+ *
+ * RestTestClientResponse response = RestTestClientResponse.from(spec);
+ * assertThat(response).hasStatusOk();
+ * assertThat(response).contentType().isCompatibleWith(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
+ * assertThat(response).bodyJson().extractingPath("$.message").asString().isEqualTo("Hello World");
+ * </pre>
+ *
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ * @since 7.0
+ */
+public interface RestTestClientResponse extends AssertProvider<RestTestClientResponseAssert> {
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the underlying {@link ExchangeResult}.
+	 */
+	ExchangeResult getExchangeResult();
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Create an instance from a {@link RestTestClient.ResponseSpec}.
+	 */
+	static RestTestClientResponse from(RestTestClient.ResponseSpec spec) {
+		return from(spec.returnResult(byte[].class));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create an instance from an {@link ExchangeResult}.
+	 */
+	static RestTestClientResponse from(ExchangeResult result) {
+		return new DefaultRestTestClientResponse(result);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/client/assertj/RestTestClientResponseAssert.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/client/assertj/RestTestClientResponseAssert.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d69c49ecdc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/client/assertj/RestTestClientResponseAssert.java
@@ -0,0 +1,363 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-present the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.test.web.servlet.client.assertj;
+
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
+
+import jakarta.servlet.http.Cookie;
+import org.assertj.core.api.AbstractByteArrayAssert;
+import org.assertj.core.api.AbstractIntegerAssert;
+import org.assertj.core.api.AbstractObjectAssert;
+import org.assertj.core.api.AbstractStringAssert;
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
+import org.assertj.core.api.ByteArrayAssert;
+
+import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatusCode;
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.http.ResponseCookie;
+import org.springframework.test.http.HttpHeadersAssert;
+import org.springframework.test.http.MediaTypeAssert;
+import org.springframework.test.json.AbstractJsonContentAssert;
+import org.springframework.test.json.JsonContent;
+import org.springframework.test.json.JsonContentAssert;
+import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.assertj.CookieMapAssert;
+import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.client.ExchangeResult;
+import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
+import org.springframework.util.function.SingletonSupplier;
+
+/**
+ * AssertJ {@linkplain org.assertj.core.api.Assert assertions} for the result from a
+ * {@link org.springframework.test.web.servlet.client.RestTestClient} exchange.
+ *
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ * @since 7.0
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings({"UnusedReturnValue", "unused"})
+public class RestTestClientResponseAssert
+		extends AbstractObjectAssert<RestTestClientResponseAssert, RestTestClientResponse> {
+
+	private final Supplier<MediaTypeAssert> contentTypeAssertSupplier;
+
+	private final Supplier<HttpHeadersAssert> headersAssertSupplier;
+
+	private final Supplier<AbstractIntegerAssert<?>> statusAssert;
+
+
+	RestTestClientResponseAssert(RestTestClientResponse actual) {
+		super(actual, RestTestClientResponseAssert.class);
+
+		this.contentTypeAssertSupplier = SingletonSupplier.of(() ->
+				new MediaTypeAssert(getExchangeResult().getResponseHeaders().getContentType()));
+
+		this.headersAssertSupplier = SingletonSupplier.of(() ->
+				new HttpHeadersAssert(getExchangeResult().getResponseHeaders()));
+
+		this.statusAssert = SingletonSupplier.of(() ->
+				Assertions.assertThat(getExchangeResult().getStatus().value()).as("HTTP status code"));
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Verify that the HTTP status is equal to the specified status code.
+	 * @param status the expected HTTP status code
+	 */
+	public RestTestClientResponseAssert hasStatus(int status) {
+		status().isEqualTo(status);
+		return this.myself;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Verify that the HTTP status is equal to the specified
+	 * {@linkplain HttpStatus status}.
+	 * @param status the expected HTTP status code
+	 */
+	public RestTestClientResponseAssert hasStatus(HttpStatus status) {
+		return hasStatus(status.value());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Verify that the HTTP status is equal to {@link HttpStatus#OK}.
+	 * @see #hasStatus(HttpStatus)
+	 */
+	public RestTestClientResponseAssert hasStatusOk() {
+		return hasStatus(HttpStatus.OK);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Verify that the HTTP status code is in the 1xx range.
+	 * @see <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2616#section-10.1">RFC 2616</a>
+	 */
+	public RestTestClientResponseAssert hasStatus1xxInformational() {
+		return hasStatusSeries(HttpStatus.Series.INFORMATIONAL);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Verify that the HTTP status code is in the 2xx range.
+	 * @see <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2616#section-10.2">RFC 2616</a>
+	 */
+	public RestTestClientResponseAssert hasStatus2xxSuccessful() {
+		return hasStatusSeries(HttpStatus.Series.SUCCESSFUL);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Verify that the HTTP status code is in the 3xx range.
+	 * @see <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2616#section-10.3">RFC 2616</a>
+	 */
+	public RestTestClientResponseAssert hasStatus3xxRedirection() {
+		return hasStatusSeries(HttpStatus.Series.REDIRECTION);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Verify that the HTTP status code is in the 4xx range.
+	 * @see <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2616#section-10.4">RFC 2616</a>
+	 */
+	public RestTestClientResponseAssert hasStatus4xxClientError() {
+		return hasStatusSeries(HttpStatus.Series.CLIENT_ERROR);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Verify that the HTTP status code is in the 5xx range.
+	 * @see <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2616#section-10.5">RFC 2616</a>
+	 */
+	public RestTestClientResponseAssert hasStatus5xxServerError() {
+		return hasStatusSeries(HttpStatus.Series.SERVER_ERROR);
+	}
+
+	private RestTestClientResponseAssert hasStatusSeries(HttpStatus.Series series) {
+		HttpStatusCode status = getExchangeResult().getStatus();
+		Assertions.assertThat(HttpStatus.Series.resolve(status.value())).as("HTTP status series").isEqualTo(series);
+		return this.myself;
+	}
+
+	private AbstractIntegerAssert<?> status() {
+		return this.statusAssert.get();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return a new {@linkplain HttpHeadersAssert assertion} object that uses
+	 * {@link HttpHeaders} as the object to test. The returned assertion object
+	 * provides all the regular {@linkplain org.assertj.core.api.AbstractMapAssert
+	 * map assertions}, with headers mapped by header name.
+	 * Examples: <pre><code class="java">
+	 * // Check for the presence of the Accept header:
+	 * assertThat(response).headers().containsHeader(HttpHeaders.ACCEPT);
+	 *
+	 * // Check for the absence of the Content-Length header:
+	 * assertThat(response).headers().doesNotContainsHeader(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_LENGTH);
+	 * </code></pre>
+	 */
+	public HttpHeadersAssert headers() {
+		return this.headersAssertSupplier.get();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Verify that the response contains a header with the given {@code name}.
+	 * @param name the name of an expected HTTP header
+	 */
+	public RestTestClientResponseAssert containsHeader(String name) {
+		headers().containsHeader(name);
+		return this.myself;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Verify that the response does not contain a header with the given {@code name}.
+	 * @param name the name of an HTTP header that should not be present
+	 */
+	public RestTestClientResponseAssert doesNotContainHeader(String name) {
+		headers().doesNotContainHeader(name);
+		return this.myself;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Verify that the response contains a header with the given {@code name}
+	 * and primary {@code value}.
+	 * @param name the name of an expected HTTP header
+	 * @param value the expected value of the header
+	 */
+	public RestTestClientResponseAssert hasHeader(String name, String value) {
+		headers().hasValue(name, value);
+		return this.myself;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return a new {@linkplain MediaTypeAssert assertion} object that uses the
+	 * response's {@linkplain MediaType content type} as the object to test.
+	 */
+	public MediaTypeAssert contentType() {
+		return this.contentTypeAssertSupplier.get();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Verify that the response's {@code Content-Type} is equal to the given value.
+	 * @param contentType the expected content type
+	 */
+	public RestTestClientResponseAssert hasContentType(MediaType contentType) {
+		contentType().isEqualTo(contentType);
+		return this.myself;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Verify that the response's {@code Content-Type} is equal to the given
+	 * string representation.
+	 * @param contentType the expected content type
+	 */
+	public RestTestClientResponseAssert hasContentType(String contentType) {
+		contentType().isEqualTo(contentType);
+		return this.myself;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Verify that the response's {@code Content-Type} is
+	 * {@linkplain MediaType#isCompatibleWith(MediaType) compatible} with the
+	 * given value.
+	 * @param contentType the expected compatible content type
+	 */
+	public RestTestClientResponseAssert hasContentTypeCompatibleWith(MediaType contentType) {
+		contentType().isCompatibleWith(contentType);
+		return this.myself;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Verify that the response's {@code Content-Type} is
+	 * {@linkplain MediaType#isCompatibleWith(MediaType) compatible} with the
+	 * given string representation.
+	 * @param contentType the expected compatible content type
+	 */
+	public RestTestClientResponseAssert hasContentTypeCompatibleWith(String contentType) {
+		contentType().isCompatibleWith(contentType);
+		return this.myself;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return a new {@linkplain CookieMapAssert assertion} object that uses the
+	 * response's {@linkplain Cookie cookies} as the object to test.
+	 */
+	public CookieMapAssert cookies() {
+		return new CookieMapAssert(getCookies());
+	}
+
+	private Cookie[] getCookies() {
+		List<Cookie> cookies = new ArrayList<>();
+		MultiValueMap<String, ResponseCookie> responseCookies = getExchangeResult().getResponseCookies();
+		for (String name : responseCookies.keySet()) {
+			for (ResponseCookie responseCookie : responseCookies.get(name)) {
+				Cookie cookie = new Cookie(name, responseCookie.getValue());
+				if (!responseCookie.getMaxAge().isNegative()) {
+					cookie.setMaxAge((int) responseCookie.getMaxAge().getSeconds());
+				}
+				if (responseCookie.getDomain() != null) {
+					cookie.setDomain(responseCookie.getDomain());
+				}
+				if (responseCookie.getPath() != null) {
+					cookie.setPath(responseCookie.getPath());
+				}
+				if (responseCookie.getSameSite() != null) {
+					cookie.setAttribute("SameSite", responseCookie.getSameSite());
+				}
+				cookie.setSecure(responseCookie.isSecure());
+				cookie.setHttpOnly(responseCookie.isHttpOnly());
+				if (responseCookie.isPartitioned()) {
+					cookie.setAttribute("Partitioned", "");
+				}
+				cookies.add(cookie);
+			}
+		}
+		return cookies.toArray(new Cookie[0]);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return a new {@linkplain AbstractByteArrayAssert assertion} object that
+	 * uses the response body as the object to test.
+	 * @see #bodyText()
+	 * @see #bodyJson()
+	 */
+	public AbstractByteArrayAssert<?> body() {
+		return new ByteArrayAssert(getExchangeResult().getResponseBodyContent());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return a new {@linkplain AbstractStringAssert assertion} object that uses
+	 * the response body converted to text as the object to test.
+	 * <p>Examples: <pre><code class="java">
+	 * // Check that the response body is equal to "Hello World":
+	 * assertThat(response).bodyText().isEqualTo("Hello World");
+	 * </code></pre>
+	 */
+	public AbstractStringAssert<?> bodyText() {
+		return Assertions.assertThat(readBody());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Verify that the response body is equal to the given value.
+	 */
+	public RestTestClientResponseAssert hasBodyTextEqualTo(String bodyText) {
+		bodyText().isEqualTo(bodyText);
+		return this.myself;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return a new {@linkplain AbstractJsonContentAssert assertion} object that
+	 * uses the response body converted to text as the object to test. Compared
+	 * to {@link #bodyText()}, the assertion object provides dedicated JSON
+	 * support.
+	 * <p>Examples: <pre><code class="java">
+	 * // Check that the response body is strictly equal to the content of
+	 * // "/com/acme/sample/person-created.json":
+	 * assertThat(response).bodyJson()
+	 *         .isStrictlyEqualToJson("/com/acme/sample/person-created.json");
+	 *
+	 * // Check that the response is strictly equal to the content of the
+	 * // specified file located in the same package as the PersonController:
+	 * assertThat(response).bodyJson().withResourceLoadClass(PersonController.class)
+	 *         .isStrictlyEqualToJson("person-created.json");
+	 * </code></pre>
+	 * The returned assert object also supports JSON path expressions.
+	 * <p>Examples: <pre><code class="java">
+	 * // Check that the JSON document does not have an "error" element
+	 * assertThat(response).bodyJson().doesNotHavePath("$.error");
+	 *
+	 * // Check that the JSON document as a top level "message" element
+	 * assertThat(response).bodyJson()
+	 *         .extractingPath("$.message").asString().isEqualTo("hello");
+	 * </code></pre>
+	 */
+	public AbstractJsonContentAssert<?> bodyJson() {
+		return new JsonContentAssert(new JsonContent(readBody(), getExchangeResult().getMessageContentConverter()));
+	}
+
+	private String readBody() {
+		return new String(getExchangeResult().getResponseBodyContent(), getCharset());
+	}
+
+	private Charset getCharset() {
+		ExchangeResult result = getExchangeResult();
+		MediaType contentType = result.getResponseHeaders().getContentType();
+		Charset charset = (contentType != null ? contentType.getCharset() : null);
+		return (charset != null ? charset : StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+	}
+
+	private ExchangeResult getExchangeResult() {
+		return this.actual.getExchangeResult();
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/client/assertj/package-info.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/client/assertj/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..918756c474a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/client/assertj/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/**
+ * AssertJ support for RestTestClient.
+ */
+@NullMarked
+package org.springframework.test.web.servlet.client.assertj;
+
+import org.jspecify.annotations.NullMarked;
diff --git a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/client/assertj/RestTestClientResponseTests.java b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/client/assertj/RestTestClientResponseTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1e61eb22109
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/client/assertj/RestTestClientResponseTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-present the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.test.web.servlet.client.assertj;
+
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import jakarta.servlet.http.Cookie;
+import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverters;
+import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.client.RestTestClient;
+import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.client.RestTestClient.ResponseSpec;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for {@link RestTestClientResponse}.
+ *
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ */
+public class RestTestClientResponseTests {
+
+	private final RestTestClient client =
+			RestTestClient.bindToController(HelloController.class)
+					.configureMessageConverters(HttpMessageConverters.Builder::registerDefaults)
+					.build();
+
+
+	@Test
+	void status() {
+		ResponseSpec spec = client.get().uri("/greeting").exchange();
+		assertThat(RestTestClientResponse.from(spec)).hasStatusOk().hasStatus2xxSuccessful();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void headers() {
+		RestTestClient.ResponseSpec spec = client.get().uri("/greeting").exchange();
+
+		RestTestClientResponse response = RestTestClientResponse.from(spec);
+		assertThat(response).hasStatusOk();
+		assertThat(response).headers()
+				.containsOnlyHeaders(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, HttpHeaders.CONTENT_LENGTH)
+				.hasValue(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, "text/plain;charset=ISO-8859-1")
+				.hasValue(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_LENGTH, 11);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void contentType() {
+		ResponseSpec spec = client.get().uri("/greeting").exchange();
+
+		RestTestClientResponse response = RestTestClientResponse.from(spec);
+		assertThat(response).hasStatusOk();
+		assertThat(response).contentType().isEqualTo("text/plain;charset=ISO-8859-1");
+		assertThat(response).hasContentTypeCompatibleWith(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void cookies() {
+		ResponseSpec spec = client.get().uri("/cookie").exchange();
+
+		RestTestClientResponse response = RestTestClientResponse.from(spec);
+		assertThat(response).hasStatusOk();
+		assertThat(response).cookies().hasValue("foo", "bar");
+		assertThat(response).body().isEmpty();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void bodyText() {
+		ResponseSpec spec = client.get().uri("/greeting").exchange();
+
+		RestTestClientResponse response = RestTestClientResponse.from(spec);
+		assertThat(response).hasStatusOk();
+		assertThat(response).contentType().isCompatibleWith(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN);
+		assertThat(response).bodyText().isEqualTo("Hello World");
+		assertThat(response).hasBodyTextEqualTo("Hello World");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void bodyJson() {
+		ResponseSpec spec = client.get().uri("/message").exchange();
+
+		RestTestClientResponse response = RestTestClientResponse.from(spec);
+		assertThat(response).hasStatusOk();
+		assertThat(response).contentType().isEqualTo(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
+		assertThat(response).bodyJson().extractingPath("$.message").asString().isEqualTo("Hello World");
+	}
+
+
+	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+	@RestController
+	private static class HelloController {
+
+		@GetMapping("/greeting")
+		public String getGreeting() {
+			return "Hello World";
+		}
+
+		@GetMapping("/message")
+		public Map<String, ?> getMessage() {
+			return Map.of("message", "Hello World");
+		}
+
+		@GetMapping("/cookie")
+		public void getCookie(HttpServletResponse response) {
+			response.addCookie(new Cookie("foo", "bar"));
+		}
+	}
+
+}