diff --git a/CHANGES/8742.bugfix.rst b/CHANGES/8742.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..850f0390399
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/8742.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed :meth:`aiohttp.ClientResponse.json()` not setting ``status`` when :exc:`aiohttp.ContentTypeError` is raised -- by :user:`bdraco`.
diff --git a/aiohttp/client_reqrep.py b/aiohttp/client_reqrep.py
index 2c10da4ff81..bea76d84c39 100644
--- a/aiohttp/client_reqrep.py
+++ b/aiohttp/client_reqrep.py
@@ -1199,6 +1199,7 @@ async def json(
                 raise ContentTypeError(
                     self.request_info,
                     self.history,
+                    status=self.status,
                     message=(
                         "Attempt to decode JSON with " "unexpected mimetype: %s" % ctype
                     ),
diff --git a/tests/test_client_response.py b/tests/test_client_response.py
index 166089cc84a..628e3d71b92 100644
--- a/tests/test_client_response.py
+++ b/tests/test_client_response.py
@@ -659,11 +659,13 @@ async def test_json_invalid_content_type(loop, session) -> None:
     )
     response._headers = {"Content-Type": "data/octet-stream"}
     response._body = b""
+    response.status = 500
 
     with pytest.raises(aiohttp.ContentTypeError) as info:
         await response.json()
 
     assert info.value.request_info == response.request_info
+    assert info.value.status == 500
 
 
 async def test_json_no_content(loop, session) -> None: