diff --git a/openeo_driver/delayed_vector.py b/openeo_driver/delayed_vector.py
index a566fa7a..8b918ce2 100644
--- a/openeo_driver/delayed_vector.py
+++ b/openeo_driver/delayed_vector.py
@@ -1,19 +1,23 @@
+import json
+import logging
+import os
 import tempfile
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from typing import Iterable, List, Dict
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 import fiona
 import geopandas as gpd
 import pyproj
+import requests
 from shapely.geometry import shape
 from shapely.geometry.base import BaseGeometry
-from urllib.parse import urlparse
-import requests
-from datetime import datetime, timedelta
-import os
-import json
-from typing import Iterable, List, Dict
 
+from openeo_driver.errors import OpenEOApiException
 from openeo_driver.utils import reproject_bounding_box
 
+_log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class DelayedVector:
     """
@@ -43,6 +47,23 @@ def __str__(self):
     def __eq__(self, other):
         return isinstance(other, type(self)) and self.path == other.path
 
+    def _load_geojson_url(self, url: str) -> dict:
+        _log.info(f"Loading GeoJSON from {url!r}")
+        resp = requests.get(url)
+        content_type = resp.headers.get("content-type")
+        content_length = resp.headers.get("content-length")
+        _log.info(
+            f"GeoJSON response: status:{resp.status_code!r}"
+            f" content-type:{content_type!r} content-length:{content_length!r}"
+        )
+        resp.raise_for_status()
+        try:
+            return resp.json()
+        except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
+            message = f"Failed to parse GeoJSON from URL {url!r} (content-type={content_type!r}, content-length={content_length!r}): {e!r}"
+            # TODO: use generic client error? https://github.com/Open-EO/openeo-api/issues/456
+            raise OpenEOApiException(status_code=400, message=message)
+
     @property
     def crs(self) -> pyproj.CRS:
         if self._crs is None:
@@ -51,7 +72,7 @@ def crs(self) -> pyproj.CRS:
                     local_shp_file = self._download_shapefile(self.path)
                     self._crs = DelayedVector._read_shapefile_crs(local_shp_file)
                 else:  # it's GeoJSON
-                    geojson = requests.get(self.path).json()
+                    geojson = self._load_geojson_url(url=self.path)
                     # FIXME: can be cached
                     self._crs = DelayedVector._read_geojson_crs(geojson)
             else:  # it's a file on disk
@@ -70,7 +91,7 @@ def geometries(self) -> Iterable[BaseGeometry]:
                 local_shp_file = self._download_shapefile(self.path)
                 geometries = DelayedVector._read_shapefile_geometries(local_shp_file)
             else:  # it's GeoJSON
-                geojson = requests.get(self.path).json()
+                geojson = self._load_geojson_url(url=self.path)
                 geometries = DelayedVector._read_geojson_geometries(geojson)
         else:  # it's a file on disk
             if self.path.endswith(".shp"):
@@ -111,7 +132,7 @@ def bounds(self) -> (float, float, float, float):
                 local_shp_file = self._download_shapefile(self.path)
                 bounds = DelayedVector._read_shapefile_bounds(local_shp_file)
             else:  # it's GeoJSON
-                geojson = requests.get(self.path).json()
+                geojson = self._load_geojson_url(url=self.path)
                 # FIXME: can be cached
                 bounds = DelayedVector._read_geojson_bounds(geojson)
         else:  # it's a file on disk
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 890d972a..07e1a477 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     install_requires=[
         'flask',
         'werkzeug>=1.0.1',
-        'requests',
+        "requests>=2.28.0",
         'openeo>=0.9.2.a1.dev',
         'openeo_processes==0.0.4',
         'gunicorn>=20.0.1',
diff --git a/tests/test_delayed_vector.py b/tests/test_delayed_vector.py
index eac8f592..cdf5ad43 100644
--- a/tests/test_delayed_vector.py
+++ b/tests/test_delayed_vector.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
+import pytest
+
 from openeo_driver.delayed_vector import DelayedVector
+from openeo_driver.errors import OpenEOApiException
 from .data import get_path
 from pyproj import CRS
 
@@ -12,14 +15,25 @@ def test_geometry_collection_bounds():
     dv = DelayedVector(str(get_path("geojson/GeometryCollection01.json")))
     assert dv.bounds == (5.05, 51.21, 5.15, 51.3)
 
+
 def test_geojson_crs_unspecified():
     dv = DelayedVector(str(get_path("geojson/test_geojson_crs_unspecified.geojson")))
     assert dv.crs == CRS.from_user_input("+init=epsg:4326")
 
+
 def test_geojson_crs_from_epsg():
     dv = DelayedVector(str(get_path("geojson/test_geojson_crs_from_epsg.geojson")))
     assert dv.crs == CRS.from_user_input("+init=epsg:4326")
 
+
 def test_geojson_crs_from_ogc_urn():
     dv = DelayedVector(str(get_path("geojson/test_geojson_crs_from_ogc_urn.geojson")))
     assert dv.crs == CRS.from_user_input("+init=epsg:4326")
+
+
+def test_geojson_url_invalid(requests_mock):
+    requests_mock.get("https://dl.test/features.json", text="\n\n<p>not json<p>", headers={"Content-Type": "text/html"})
+    dv = DelayedVector("https://dl.test/features.json")
+
+    with pytest.raises(OpenEOApiException, match="Failed to parse GeoJSON from URL"):
+        _ = dv.bounds