diff --git a/src/commands/changelogs.ts b/src/commands/changelogs.ts
index e1a7207ed..31d5d11c2 100644
--- a/src/commands/changelogs.ts
+++ b/src/commands/changelogs.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Args, Flags } from '@oclif/core';
 
 import BaseCommand from '../lib/baseCommand.js';
 import { githubFlag, keyFlag } from '../lib/flags.js';
-import syncDocsPath from '../lib/syncDocsPath.js';
+import syncDocsPath from '../lib/syncDocsPath.legacy.js';
 
 export default class ChangelogsCommand extends BaseCommand<typeof ChangelogsCommand> {
   // we need this as a const for syncDocsPath
diff --git a/src/lib/baseCommand.ts b/src/lib/baseCommand.ts
index d965f3526..755e65924 100644
--- a/src/lib/baseCommand.ts
+++ b/src/lib/baseCommand.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import chalk from 'chalk';
 import debugPkg from 'debug';
 
 import { isGHA, isTest } from './isCI.js';
-import { handleAPIv2Res, readmeAPIv2Fetch, type FilePathDetails } from './readmeAPIFetch.js';
+import { handleAPIv2Res, readmeAPIv2Fetch } from './readmeAPIFetch.js';
 
 type Flags<T extends typeof OclifCommand> = Interfaces.InferredFlags<(typeof BaseCommand)['baseFlags'] & T['flags']>;
 type Args<T extends typeof OclifCommand> = Interfaces.InferredArgs<T['args']>;
@@ -116,19 +116,15 @@ export default abstract class BaseCommand<T extends typeof OclifCommand> extends
   /**
    * Wrapper around `handleAPIv2Res` that binds the context of the class to the function.
    */
-  public async handleAPIRes(res: Response) {
-    return handleAPIv2Res.call(this, res);
+  public async handleAPIRes(...args: Parameters<typeof handleAPIv2Res>) {
+    return handleAPIv2Res.call(this, ...args);
   }
 
   /**
    * Wrapper around `readmeAPIv2Fetch` that binds the context of the class to the function.
    */
-  public async readmeAPIFetch(
-    pathname: string,
-    options: RequestInit = { headers: new Headers() },
-    fileOpts: FilePathDetails = { filePath: '', fileType: false },
-  ) {
-    return readmeAPIv2Fetch.call(this, pathname, options, fileOpts);
+  public async readmeAPIFetch(...args: Parameters<typeof readmeAPIv2Fetch>) {
+    return readmeAPIv2Fetch.call(this, ...args);
   }
 
   async runCreateGHAHook(opts: CreateGHAHookOptsInClass) {
diff --git a/src/lib/readmeAPIFetch.ts b/src/lib/readmeAPIFetch.ts
index 4bd504274..64e2d20dc 100644
--- a/src/lib/readmeAPIFetch.ts
+++ b/src/lib/readmeAPIFetch.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const SUCCESS_NO_CONTENT = 204;
  * This contains a few pieces of information about a file so
  * we can properly construct a source URL for it.
  */
-export interface FilePathDetails {
+interface FilePathDetails {
   /** The URL or local file path */
   filePath: string;
   /** This is derived from the `oas-normalize` `type` property. */
@@ -348,10 +348,30 @@ export async function handleAPIv1Res(res: Response, rejectOnJsonError = true) {
  *
  * If we receive non-JSON responses, we consider them errors and throw them.
  */
-export async function handleAPIv2Res<T extends Command>(this: T, res: Response) {
+export async function handleAPIv2Res<T extends Command>(
+  this: T,
+  res: Response,
+  /**
+   * If we're making a request where we don't care about the body (e.g. a HEAD or DELETE request),
+   * we can skip parsing the JSON body using this flag.
+   */
+  skipJsonParsing = false,
+) {
   const contentType = res.headers.get('content-type') || '';
   const extension = mime.extension(contentType) || contentType.includes('json') ? 'json' : false;
-  if (extension === 'json') {
+  if (res.status === SUCCESS_NO_CONTENT) {
+    // to prevent a memory leak, we should still consume the response body? even though we don't use it?
+    // https://x.com/cramforce/status/1762142087930433999
+    const body = await res.text();
+    this.debug(`received status code ${res.status} from ${res.url} with no content: ${body}`);
+    return {};
+  } else if (skipJsonParsing) {
+    // to prevent a memory leak, we should still consume the response body? even though we don't use it?
+    // https://x.com/cramforce/status/1762142087930433999
+    const body = await res.text();
+    this.debug(`received status code ${res.status} from ${res.url} and not parsing JSON b/c of flag: ${body}`);
+    return {};
+  } else if (extension === 'json') {
     // TODO: type this better
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     const body = (await res.json()) as any;
@@ -361,10 +381,6 @@ export async function handleAPIv2Res<T extends Command>(this: T, res: Response)
     }
     return body;
   }
-  if (res.status === SUCCESS_NO_CONTENT) {
-    this.debug(`received status code ${res.status} from ${res.url} with no content`);
-    return {};
-  }
 
   // If we receive a non-JSON response, it's likely an error.
   // Let's debug the raw response body and throw it.
diff --git a/src/lib/syncDocsPath.ts b/src/lib/syncDocsPath.legacy.ts
similarity index 98%
rename from src/lib/syncDocsPath.ts
rename to src/lib/syncDocsPath.legacy.ts
index 30e586100..ba001861d 100644
--- a/src/lib/syncDocsPath.ts
+++ b/src/lib/syncDocsPath.legacy.ts
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ function sortFiles(filePaths: string[]): ReadDocMetadata[] {
  * Takes a path (either to a directory of files or to a single file)
  * and syncs those (either via POST or PUT) to ReadMe.
  * @returns A promise-wrapped string with the results
+ *
+ * @deprecated This is for APIv1 only. Use `syncDocsPath.ts` instead, if possible.
  */
 export default async function syncDocsPath(
   this: ChangelogsCommand,