diff --git a/apps/reaper/lib/reaper/data_extract/extract_step.ex b/apps/reaper/lib/reaper/data_extract/extract_step.ex
index e2896021d..df8bfc247 100644
--- a/apps/reaper/lib/reaper/data_extract/extract_step.ex
+++ b/apps/reaper/lib/reaper/data_extract/extract_step.ex
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ defmodule Reaper.DataExtract.ExtractStep do
     {body, headers}
   end
 
-  defp process_body(body, _assigns) when body in ["", nil, %{}], do: ""
+  defp process_body(body, _assigns) when body in ["", nil, %{}, []], do: ""
 
   defp process_body(body, assigns) do
     body |> UrlBuilder.safe_evaluate_body(assigns)
diff --git a/apps/reaper/mix.exs b/apps/reaper/mix.exs
index 544b22eeb..e3aa41e61 100644
--- a/apps/reaper/mix.exs
+++ b/apps/reaper/mix.exs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ defmodule Reaper.MixProject do
   def project do
     [
       app: :reaper,
-      version: "2.0.26",
+      version: "2.0.27",
       elixir: "~> 1.10",
       build_path: "../../_build",
       config_path: "../../config/config.exs",
diff --git a/apps/reaper/test/unit/reaper/data_extract/extract_step_test.exs b/apps/reaper/test/unit/reaper/data_extract/extract_step_test.exs
index 13d7e5dd1..d4aa2c8a8 100644
--- a/apps/reaper/test/unit/reaper/data_extract/extract_step_test.exs
+++ b/apps/reaper/test/unit/reaper/data_extract/extract_step_test.exs
@@ -263,6 +263,39 @@ defmodule Reaper.DataExtract.ExtractStepTest do
       assert assigns == %{key: "super secret two", token: "auth_token2"}
     end
 
+    test "Can use empty list for body", %{bypass: bypass, ingestion: ingestion} do
+      Bypass.stub(bypass, "POST", "/", fn conn ->
+        {:ok, body, conn} = Plug.Conn.read_body(conn)
+
+        case body do
+          "" -> Plug.Conn.resp(conn, 200, %{sub: %{path: "auth_token2"}} |> Jason.encode!())
+          _ -> Plug.Conn.resp(conn, 403, "No dice")
+        end
+      end)
+
+      steps = [
+        %{
+          type: "auth",
+          context: %{
+            path: ["sub", "path"],
+            destination: "token",
+            url: "http://localhost:#{bypass.port}",
+            encodeMethod: "json",
+            body: [],
+            headers: %{},
+            cacheTtl: nil
+          },
+          assigns: %{
+            key: "super secret two"
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+
+      assigns = ExtractStep.execute_extract_steps(ingestion, steps)
+
+      assert assigns == %{key: "super secret two", token: "auth_token2"}
+    end
+
     test "Can use assigns block for headers", %{bypass: bypass, ingestion: ingestion} do
       Bypass.stub(bypass, "POST", "/headers", fn conn ->
         if Enum.any?(conn.req_headers, fn header -> header == {"header", "super secret"} end) do