diff --git a/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/rule/engine/rest/TbHttpClient.java b/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/rule/engine/rest/TbHttpClient.java
index 0c9eca5f0a..1a2984ef4f 100644
--- a/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/rule/engine/rest/TbHttpClient.java
+++ b/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/rule/engine/rest/TbHttpClient.java
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ public class TbHttpClient {
                 config.isIgnoreRequestBody()) {
             entity = new HttpEntity<>(headers);
         } else {
-            entity = new HttpEntity<>(getData(msg), headers);
+            entity = new HttpEntity<>(getData(msg, config.isIgnoreRequestBody(), config.isParseToPlainText()), headers);
         }
 
         URI uri = buildEncodedUri(endpointUrl);
@@ -242,12 +242,19 @@ public class TbHttpClient {
         return uri;
     }
 
-    private String getData(TbMsg msg) {
-        String data = msg.getData();
+    private String getData(TbMsg tbMsg, boolean ignoreBody, boolean parseToPlainText) {
+        if (!ignoreBody && parseToPlainText) {
+            return parseJsonStringToPlainText(tbMsg.getData());
+        }
+        return tbMsg.getData();
+    }
 
-        if (config.isTrimDoubleQuotes()) {
+    protected String parseJsonStringToPlainText(String data) {
+        if (data.startsWith("\"") && data.endsWith("\"") && data.length() >= 2) {
             final String dataBefore = data;
-            data = data.replaceAll("^\"|\"$", "");
+            try {
+                data = JacksonUtil.fromString(data, String.class);
+            } catch (Exception ignored) {}
             log.trace("Trimming double quotes. Before trim: [{}], after trim: [{}]", dataBefore, data);
         }
 
diff --git a/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/rule/engine/rest/TbRestApiCallNode.java b/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/rule/engine/rest/TbRestApiCallNode.java
index 281f65e1e4..a37310331e 100644
--- a/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/rule/engine/rest/TbRestApiCallNode.java
+++ b/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/rule/engine/rest/TbRestApiCallNode.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  */
 package org.thingsboard.rule.engine.rest;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.thingsboard.rule.engine.api.RuleNode;
 import org.thingsboard.rule.engine.api.TbContext;
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ import org.thingsboard.rule.engine.api.TbNodeException;
 import org.thingsboard.rule.engine.api.util.TbNodeUtils;
 import org.thingsboard.rule.engine.external.TbAbstractExternalNode;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.plugin.ComponentType;
+import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.util.TbPair;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.msg.TbMsg;
 
 @Slf4j
@@ -30,6 +33,7 @@ import org.thingsboard.server.common.msg.TbMsg;
         type = ComponentType.EXTERNAL,
         name = "rest api call",
         configClazz = TbRestApiCallNodeConfiguration.class,
+        version = 1,
         nodeDescription = "Invoke REST API calls to external REST server",
         nodeDetails = "Will invoke REST API call <code>GET | POST | PUT | DELETE</code> to external REST server. " +
                 "Message payload added into Request body. Configured attributes can be added into Headers from Message Metadata." +
@@ -45,6 +49,8 @@ import org.thingsboard.server.common.msg.TbMsg;
 )
 public class TbRestApiCallNode extends TbAbstractExternalNode {
 
+    static final String PARSE_TO_PLAIN_TEXT = "parseToPlainText";
+    static final String TRIM_DOUBLE_QUOTES = "trimDoubleQuotes";
     protected TbHttpClient httpClient;
 
     @Override
@@ -72,4 +78,21 @@ public class TbRestApiCallNode extends TbAbstractExternalNode {
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public TbPair<Boolean, JsonNode> upgrade(int fromVersion, JsonNode oldConfiguration) throws TbNodeException {
+        boolean hasChanges = false;
+        switch (fromVersion) {
+            case 0:
+                if (!oldConfiguration.has(PARSE_TO_PLAIN_TEXT) && oldConfiguration.has(TRIM_DOUBLE_QUOTES)) {
+                    hasChanges = true;
+                    ((ObjectNode) oldConfiguration).put(PARSE_TO_PLAIN_TEXT, oldConfiguration.get(TRIM_DOUBLE_QUOTES).booleanValue());
+                    ((ObjectNode) oldConfiguration).remove(TRIM_DOUBLE_QUOTES);
+                }
+                break;
+            default:
+                break;
+        }
+        return new TbPair<>(hasChanges, oldConfiguration);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/rule/engine/rest/TbRestApiCallNodeConfiguration.java b/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/rule/engine/rest/TbRestApiCallNodeConfiguration.java
index 3fb28d474b..1ab4c8d0f8 100644
--- a/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/rule/engine/rest/TbRestApiCallNodeConfiguration.java
+++ b/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/rule/engine/rest/TbRestApiCallNodeConfiguration.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public class TbRestApiCallNodeConfiguration implements NodeConfiguration<TbRestA
     private int readTimeoutMs;
     private int maxParallelRequestsCount;
     private boolean useRedisQueueForMsgPersistence;
-    private boolean trimDoubleQuotes;
+    private boolean parseToPlainText;
     private boolean enableProxy;
     private boolean useSystemProxyProperties;
     private String proxyHost;
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class TbRestApiCallNodeConfiguration implements NodeConfiguration<TbRestA
         configuration.setReadTimeoutMs(0);
         configuration.setMaxParallelRequestsCount(0);
         configuration.setUseRedisQueueForMsgPersistence(false);
-        configuration.setTrimDoubleQuotes(false);
+        configuration.setParseToPlainText(false);
         configuration.setEnableProxy(false);
         configuration.setCredentials(new AnonymousCredentials());
         configuration.setIgnoreRequestBody(false);
diff --git a/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/rule/engine/rest/TbHttpClientTest.java b/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/rule/engine/rest/TbHttpClientTest.java
index 48aca3b573..d71d4aacbe 100644
--- a/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/rule/engine/rest/TbHttpClientTest.java
+++ b/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/rule/engine/rest/TbHttpClientTest.java
@@ -18,17 +18,19 @@ package org.thingsboard.rule.engine.rest;
 
 import io.netty.channel.EventLoopGroup;
 import io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoopGroup;
-import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
 import org.awaitility.Awaitility;
-import org.junit.After;
-import org.junit.Assert;
-import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
 import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
 import org.mockito.Mockito;
 import org.mockserver.integration.ClientAndServer;
 import org.springframework.util.LinkedMultiValueMap;
 import org.springframework.web.client.AsyncRestTemplate;
+import org.thingsboard.common.util.JacksonUtil;
 import org.thingsboard.rule.engine.api.TbContext;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.id.DeviceId;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.id.EntityId;
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
 import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.willCallRealMethod;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
@@ -61,13 +64,13 @@ public class TbHttpClientTest {
     EventLoopGroup eventLoop;
     TbHttpClient client;
 
-    @Before
+    @BeforeEach
     public void setUp() throws Exception {
         client = mock(TbHttpClient.class);
-        willCallRealMethod().given(client).getSharedOrCreateEventLoopGroup(any());
+        when(client.getSharedOrCreateEventLoopGroup(any())).thenCallRealMethod();
     }
 
-    @After
+    @AfterEach
     public void tearDown() throws Exception {
         if (eventLoop != null) {
             eventLoop.shutdownGracefully();
@@ -91,7 +94,7 @@ public class TbHttpClientTest {
         Mockito.when(client.buildEncodedUri(any())).thenCallRealMethod();
         String url = "http://localhost:8080/";
         URI uri = client.buildEncodedUri(url);
-        Assert.assertEquals(url, uri.toString());
+        Assertions.assertEquals(url, uri.toString());
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -114,7 +117,7 @@ public class TbHttpClientTest {
         String url = "http://192.168.1.1/data?d={\"a\": 12}";
         String expected = "http://192.168.1.1/data?d=%7B%22a%22:%2012%7D";
         URI uri = client.buildEncodedUri(url);
-        Assert.assertEquals(expected, uri.toString());
+        Assertions.assertEquals(expected, uri.toString());
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -183,7 +186,7 @@ public class TbHttpClientTest {
 
         verify(ctx, times(1)).tellSuccess(any());
         verify(ctx, times(0)).tellFailure(any(), any());
-        Assert.assertEquals(successResponseBody, capturedData.getValue());
+        Assertions.assertEquals(successResponseBody, capturedData.getValue());
     }
 
     private ClientAndServer setUpDummyServer(String host, String path, String paramKey, String paramVal, String successResponseBody) {
@@ -219,9 +222,21 @@ public class TbHttpClientTest {
 
         Map<String, String> data = metaData.getData();
 
-        Assertions.assertThat(data).hasSize(2);
-        Assertions.assertThat(data.get("Content-Type")).isEqualTo("binary");
-        Assertions.assertThat(data.get("Set-Cookie")).isEqualTo("[\"sap-context=sap-client=075; path=/\",\"sap-token=sap-client=075; path=/\"]");
+        Assertions.assertEquals(2, data.size());
+        Assertions.assertEquals(data.get("Content-Type"), "binary");
+        Assertions.assertEquals(data.get("Set-Cookie"), "[\"sap-context=sap-client=075; path=/\",\"sap-token=sap-client=075; path=/\"]");
     }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @ValueSource(strings = { "false", "\"", "\"\"", "\"This is a string with double quotes\"", "Path: /home/developer/test.txt",
+            "First line\nSecond line\n\nFourth line", "Before\rAfter", "Tab\tSeparated\tValues", "Test\bbackspace", "[]",
+            "[1, 2, 3]", "{\"key\": \"value\"}", "{\n\"temperature\": 25.5,\n\"humidity\": 50.2\n\"}", "Expression: (a + b) * c",
+            "世界", "Україна", "\u1F1FA\u1F1E6", "🇺🇦"})
+    public void testParseJsonStringToPlainText(String original) {
+        Mockito.when(client.parseJsonStringToPlainText(anyString())).thenCallRealMethod();
+
+        String serialized = JacksonUtil.toString(original);
+        Assertions.assertNotNull(serialized);
+        Assertions.assertEquals(original, client.parseJsonStringToPlainText(serialized));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/rule/engine/rest/TbRestApiCallNodeTest.java b/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/rule/engine/rest/TbRestApiCallNodeTest.java
index 705f298513..0a71a799fc 100644
--- a/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/rule/engine/rest/TbRestApiCallNodeTest.java
+++ b/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/rule/engine/rest/TbRestApiCallNodeTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package org.thingsboard.rule.engine.rest;
 
 import com.datastax.oss.driver.api.core.uuid.Uuids;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import org.apache.http.HttpException;
 import org.apache.http.HttpRequest;
 import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ import org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext;
 import org.apache.http.protocol.HttpRequestHandler;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.id.EntityId;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.id.RuleChainId;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.id.RuleNodeId;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.msg.TbMsgType;
+import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.util.TbPair;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.msg.TbMsg;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.msg.TbMsgDataType;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.msg.TbMsgMetaData;
@@ -91,7 +94,9 @@ public class TbRestApiCallNodeTest {
 
     @After
     public void teardown() {
-        server.stop();
+        if (server != null) {
+            server.stop();
+        }
     }
     
     @Test
@@ -211,4 +216,20 @@ public class TbRestApiCallNodeTest {
         assertEquals(TbMsg.EMPTY_JSON_OBJECT, dataCaptor.getValue());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void givenOldConfig_whenUpgrade_thenShouldReturnTrueResultWithNewConfig() throws Exception {
+        var defaultConfig = new TbRestApiCallNodeConfiguration().defaultConfiguration();
+        var node = new TbRestApiCallNode();
+        String oldConfig = "{\"restEndpointUrlPattern\":\"http://localhost/api\",\"requestMethod\":\"POST\"," +
+                "\"useSimpleClientHttpFactory\":false,\"ignoreRequestBody\":false,\"enableProxy\":false," +
+                "\"useSystemProxyProperties\":false,\"proxyScheme\":null,\"proxyHost\":null,\"proxyPort\":0," +
+                "\"proxyUser\":null,\"proxyPassword\":null,\"readTimeoutMs\":0,\"maxParallelRequestsCount\":0," +
+                "\"headers\":{\"Content-Type\":\"application/json\"},\"useRedisQueueForMsgPersistence\":false," +
+                "\"trimQueue\":null,\"maxQueueSize\":null,\"credentials\":{\"type\":\"anonymous\"},\"trimDoubleQuotes\":true}";
+        JsonNode configJson = JacksonUtil.toJsonNode(oldConfig);
+        TbPair<Boolean, JsonNode> upgrade = node.upgrade(0, configJson);
+        Assertions.assertTrue(upgrade.getFirst());
+        Assertions.assertTrue(JacksonUtil.treeToValue(upgrade.getSecond(), defaultConfig.getClass()).isParseToPlainText());
+    }
+
 }