diff --git a/pyrit/score/true_false/prompt_shield_scorer.py b/pyrit/score/true_false/prompt_shield_scorer.py
index 3f0a8d1cc5..5022d0963e 100644
--- a/pyrit/score/true_false/prompt_shield_scorer.py
+++ b/pyrit/score/true_false/prompt_shield_scorer.py
@@ -83,18 +83,18 @@ async def _score_piece_async(self, message_piece: MessagePiece, *, objective: st
         # Whether or not any of the documents or userPrompt got flagged as an attack
         result: bool = any(self._parse_response_to_boolean_list(response))
 
-        # Store parsed response in metadata for structured access
-        try:
-            meta = json.loads(response)
-        except Exception:
-            meta = {"raw": response}
+        # Store the endpoint response in metadata for structured access. Score only
+        # accepts flat str/int/float metadata values, so the body is kept as the JSON
+        # text it arrived as; json.loads on it, as _parse_response_to_boolean_list's
+        # docstring says.
+        meta = {"response": response}
 
         score = Score(
             score_type="true_false",
             score_value=str(result),
             score_value_description="True if an attack or jailbreak has been detected, else False.",
             score_category=["attack_detection"],
-            score_metadata=meta,  # type: ignore[ty:invalid-argument-type]
+            score_metadata=meta,
             score_rationale="",
             scorer_class_identifier=self.get_identifier(),
             message_piece_id=message_piece.id,
diff --git a/tests/unit/score/test_prompt_shield_scorer.py b/tests/unit/score/test_prompt_shield_scorer.py
index 846147bb5d..e84eeaa385 100644
--- a/tests/unit/score/test_prompt_shield_scorer.py
+++ b/tests/unit/score/test_prompt_shield_scorer.py
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 # Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
 # Licensed under the MIT license.
 
+import json
+import uuid
 from collections.abc import MutableSequence
-from unittest.mock import Mock
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, Mock
 
 import pytest
-from unit.mocks import get_sample_conversations
+from unit.mocks import get_mock_target_identifier, get_sample_conversations
 
-from pyrit.models import MessagePiece, flatten_to_message_pieces
+from pyrit.models import Message, MessagePiece, flatten_to_message_pieces
+from pyrit.prompt_target import PromptTarget
 from pyrit.score import PromptShieldScorer
 
 
@@ -27,6 +30,21 @@ def promptshield_scorer() -> PromptShieldScorer:
     return PromptShieldScorer(prompt_shield_target=Mock())
 
 
+def generate_shield_response(response_text: str) -> Message:
+    return Message(
+        message_pieces=[
+            MessagePiece(
+                role="assistant",
+                original_value=response_text,
+                original_value_data_type="text",
+                converted_value=response_text,
+                converted_value_data_type="text",
+                conversation_id=str(uuid.uuid4()),
+            )
+        ]
+    )
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def sample_delineated_prompt_as_str() -> str:
     sample: str = """
@@ -46,3 +64,21 @@ def test_prompt_shield_scorer_parsing_without_documents_analysis(promptshield_sc
     response_json_str = '{"userPromptAnalysis":{"attackDetected":false}}'
     result = promptshield_scorer._parse_response_to_boolean_list(response_json_str)
     assert result == [False, False]
+
+
+async def test_prompt_shield_scorer_metadata_is_the_response_text(sqlite_instance, sample_response_json_str: str):
+    """The Score model only accepts flat str/int/float metadata values, so the endpoint
+    body has to be stored as the JSON text it arrived as rather than as a parsed object."""
+
+    target = MagicMock(spec=PromptTarget)
+    target.get_identifier.return_value = get_mock_target_identifier("MockShieldTarget")
+    target.send_prompt_async = AsyncMock(return_value=[generate_shield_response(sample_response_json_str)])
+
+    scorer = PromptShieldScorer(prompt_shield_target=target)
+    scores = await scorer.score_text_async(sample_response_json_str)
+
+    assert len(scores) == 1
+    # the sample body flags the document, not the user prompt
+    assert scores[0].get_value() is True
+    assert scores[0].score_metadata == {"response": sample_response_json_str}
+    assert json.loads(scores[0].score_metadata["response"]) == json.loads(sample_response_json_str)