diff --git a/esmerald/responses/base.py b/esmerald/responses/base.py
index 30422553..432df843 100644
--- a/esmerald/responses/base.py
+++ b/esmerald/responses/base.py
@@ -209,9 +209,7 @@ def make_response(self, content: Any) -> bytes | memoryview | str:
                     return b'""'
                 # keep it a serialized json object
                 transform_kwargs.setdefault("post_transform_fn", None)
-            else:
-                # strip '"'
-                transform_kwargs.setdefault("post_transform_fn", lambda x: x.strip(b'"'))
+            # otherwise use default logic of lilya striping '"'
             with self.with_transform_kwargs(transform_kwargs):
                 # if content is bytes it won't be transformed and
                 # if None or NoReturn, return b"", this differs from the dedicated JSONResponses.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c03cddd4..b493f94c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "email-validator >=2.2.0,<3.0.0",
     "itsdangerous>=2.1.2,<3.0.0",
     "jinja2>=3.1.2,<4.0.0",
-    "lilya>=0.11.8",
+    "lilya>=0.11.9",
     "loguru>=0.7.0,<0.8.0",
     "pydantic>=2.10,<3.0.0",
     "pydantic-settings>=2.0.0,<3.0.0",