diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/release-pr.yml
index ffa09a26..7f6896dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-pr.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 name: Release
-
 on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-
 jobs:
   release:
     name: Release
@@ -13,21 +11,43 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout Repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          # This makes Actions fetch all Git history so that Changesets can generate changelogs with the correct commits
           fetch-depth: 0
-
       - name: Setup Node.js 16.x
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 16.x
-
       - name: Install Dependencies
         run: npm i
-
-      - name: Create Release Pull Request / NPM Publish
-        uses: changesets/action@v1
-        with:
-          publish: npm run changeset-publish
+      - name: Setup Git
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "GitHub Actions"
+          git config user.email "github-actions@github.com"
+      - name: Version and Create Tag
+        id: version
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          # Run changeset version
+          npx changeset version
+          
+          # Get new version from package.json
+          NEW_VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
+          echo "new_version=$NEW_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          
+          # Commit changes
+          git add .
+          git commit -m "chore: release version $NEW_VERSION"
+          
+          # Create and push tag
+          git tag -a "v$NEW_VERSION" -m "Release v$NEW_VERSION"
+          git push origin "v$NEW_VERSION"
+          git push origin main
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        uses: actions/create-release@v1
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          tag_name: v${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}
+          release_name: Release v${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: false
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e9aa61af..5455f49d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,35 @@
 # @apollo/datasource-rest
 
+## 6.5.0
+
+### Minor Changes
+
+- [`2f0e04e`](https://github.com/apollographql/datasource-rest/commit/2f0e04e433556f0c5533e0699b1da2291fa93927) Thanks [@adr-iova](https://github.com/adr-iova)! - add object to cache type
+
+## 6.4.0
+
+### Minor Changes
+
+- [`baf9a32`](https://github.com/apollographql/datasource-rest/commit/baf9a32e00da0a12d57915e7bb62991a90bb5b11) Thanks [@adr-iova](https://github.com/adr-iova)! - Handle objects and strings
+
+## 6.3.4
+
+### Patch Changes
+
+- [`9b4ed27`](https://github.com/apollographql/datasource-rest/commit/9b4ed278111e031c3ee86672f0ecf2586b891590) Thanks [@adr-iova](https://github.com/adr-iova)! - changes for CI/CD
+
+## 6.3.2
+
+### Patch Changes
+
+- [`9c37ba2`](https://github.com/apollographql/datasource-rest/commit/9c37ba20c45688d21d634003896c524707ecc5f9) Thanks [@adr-iova](https://github.com/adr-iova)! - fix body already used for big responses
+
+## 6.3.1
+
+### Patch Changes
+
+- [`714b10b`](https://github.com/apollographql/datasource-rest/commit/714b10bf6b039aa39dd0d287100c4f3cea0bcd47) Thanks [@adr-iova](https://github.com/adr-iova)! - Add multiple cache strategies
+
 ## 6.3.0
 
 ### Minor Changes
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 6ccd8341..13981daf 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
-  "name": "@apollo/datasource-rest",
-  "version": "6.3.0",
+  "name": "@apollo/datasource-rest-storage",
+  "version": "6.4.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
-      "name": "@apollo/datasource-rest",
-      "version": "6.3.0",
+      "name": "@apollo/datasource-rest-storage",
+      "version": "6.4.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@apollo/utils.fetcher": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 566abdef..12edfdd9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
-  "name": "@apollo/datasource-rest",
+  "name": "@apollo/datasource-rest-storage",
   "description": "REST DataSource for Apollo Server v4",
-  "version": "6.3.0",
+  "version": "6.5.1",
   "author": "Apollo <packages@apollographql.com>",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
     "watch": "tsc --build --watch",
     "lint": "eslint src/**/*.ts",
     "changeset-publish": "changeset publish",
-    "changeset-check": "changeset status --verbose --since=origin/main"
+    "changeset-check": "changeset status --verbose --since=origin/main",
+    "changeset-version": "changeset version"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@apollo/server": "4.11.0",
diff --git a/src/HTTPCache.ts b/src/HTTPCache.ts
index fda4a568..cd35f23c 100644
--- a/src/HTTPCache.ts
+++ b/src/HTTPCache.ts
@@ -30,14 +30,15 @@ interface SneakyCachePolicy extends CachePolicy {
 interface ResponseWithCacheWritePromise {
   response: FetcherResponse;
   cacheWritePromise?: Promise<void>;
+  parsedBody?: any;
 }
 
 export class HTTPCache<CO extends CacheOptions = CacheOptions> {
-  private keyValueCache: KeyValueCache<string, CO>;
+  private keyValueCache: KeyValueCache<string | object, CO>;
   private httpFetch: Fetcher;
 
   constructor(
-    keyValueCache: KeyValueCache = new InMemoryLRUCache<string, CO>(),
+    keyValueCache: KeyValueCache<string | object, CO> = new InMemoryLRUCache<string | object, CO>(),
     httpFetch: Fetcher = nodeFetch,
   ) {
     this.keyValueCache = new PrefixingKeyValueCache(
@@ -75,6 +76,41 @@ export class HTTPCache<CO extends CacheOptions = CacheOptions> {
       return { response: await this.httpFetch(urlString, requestOpts) };
     }
 
+    let cacheOptions = cache?.cacheOptions;
+    const cacheStrategy = (cacheOptions as CacheOptions)?.cacheStrategy ?? 'default';
+
+    if (cacheStrategy === 'object') {
+      if (requestOpts.skipCache) {
+        const response = await this.httpFetch(urlString, requestOpts);
+        const parsedBody = await response.json();
+        return { response, parsedBody };
+      }
+
+      const cachedValue = await this.keyValueCache.get(cacheKey);
+      if (cachedValue !== undefined) {
+        return {
+          response: new NodeFetchResponse(undefined, { status: 200 }),
+          parsedBody: cachedValue,
+        };
+      }
+
+      const response = await this.httpFetch(urlString, requestOpts);
+      const parsedBody = await response.json();
+
+      if ((cacheOptions as CacheOptions)?.ttl && response.status >= 200 && response.status <= 299) {
+        const cacheWritePromise = this.keyValueCache.set(
+          cacheKey,
+          parsedBody,
+          cacheOptions as CO
+        ).catch(error => {
+          console.error('Error writing to cache:', error);
+        });
+        return { response, parsedBody, cacheWritePromise };
+      }
+
+      return { response, parsedBody };
+    }
+
     const entry =
       requestOpts.skipCache !== true
         ? await this.keyValueCache.get(cacheKey)
@@ -100,7 +136,7 @@ export class HTTPCache<CO extends CacheOptions = CacheOptions> {
       );
     }
 
-    const { policy: policyRaw, ttlOverride, body } = JSON.parse(entry);
+    const { policy: policyRaw, ttlOverride, body } = typeof entry === "object" ? entry : JSON.parse(entry);
 
     const policy = CachePolicy.fromObject(policyRaw) as SneakyCachePolicy;
     // Remove url from the policy, because otherwise it would never match a
diff --git a/src/RESTDataSource.ts b/src/RESTDataSource.ts
index e87a6197..a2fd25b9 100644
--- a/src/RESTDataSource.ts
+++ b/src/RESTDataSource.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import type {
   FetcherRequestInit,
   FetcherResponse,
 } from '@apollo/utils.fetcher';
-import type { KeyValueCache } from '@apollo/utils.keyvaluecache';
+import type { KeyValueCache, KeyValueCacheSetOptions } from '@apollo/utils.keyvaluecache';
 import type { Logger } from '@apollo/utils.logger';
 import type { WithRequired } from '@apollo/utils.withrequired';
 import { GraphQLError } from 'graphql';
@@ -136,12 +136,17 @@ export interface CacheOptions {
    * cached.
    */
   ttl?: number;
+  /**
+   * default - the default cache strategy that will stringify/parse the response
+   * object - will cache the response in the original format
+   */
+  cacheStrategy?: 'default' | 'object';
 }
 
 const NODE_ENV = process.env.NODE_ENV;
 
 export interface DataSourceConfig {
-  cache?: KeyValueCache;
+  cache?: KeyValueCache<string | object, KeyValueCacheSetOptions>;
   fetch?: Fetcher;
   logger?: Logger;
 }
@@ -323,17 +328,22 @@ export abstract class RESTDataSource<CO extends CacheOptions = CacheOptions> {
       'requestDeduplication'
     >,
     requestDeduplicationResult: RequestDeduplicationResult,
+    cacheOptions: CacheOptions
   ): DataSourceFetchResult<TResult> {
     return {
       ...dataSourceFetchResult,
       requestDeduplication: requestDeduplicationResult,
-      parsedBody: this.cloneParsedBody(dataSourceFetchResult.parsedBody),
+      parsedBody: this.cloneParsedBody(dataSourceFetchResult.parsedBody, cacheOptions),
     };
   }
 
-  protected cloneParsedBody<TResult>(parsedBody: TResult) {
-    // consider using `structuredClone()` when we drop support for Node 16
-    return cloneDeep(parsedBody);
+  protected cloneParsedBody<TResult>(parsedBody: TResult, cacheOptions: CacheOptions) {
+    const cacheStrategy  = cacheOptions?.cacheStrategy
+    if(cacheStrategy === "object") {
+      return (Array.isArray(parsedBody) ? [...parsedBody] : {...parsedBody}) as TResult
+    } else {
+      return cloneDeep(parsedBody);
+    }
   }
 
   protected shouldJSONSerializeBody(
@@ -536,7 +546,7 @@ export abstract class RESTDataSource<CO extends CacheOptions = CacheOptions> {
           ? outgoingRequest.cacheOptions
           : this.cacheOptionsFor?.bind(this);
         try {
-          const { response, cacheWritePromise } = await this.httpCache.fetch(
+          const { response, cacheWritePromise, parsedBody } = await this.httpCache.fetch(
             url,
             outgoingRequest,
             {
@@ -551,17 +561,18 @@ export abstract class RESTDataSource<CO extends CacheOptions = CacheOptions> {
             this.catchCacheWritePromiseErrors(cacheWritePromise);
           }
 
-          const parsedBody = await this.parseBody(response);
+          const _parsedBody = parsedBody ?? await this.parseBody(response);
 
           await this.throwIfResponseIsError({
             url,
             request: outgoingRequest,
             response,
-            parsedBody,
+            // @ts-ignore
+            _parsedBody,
           });
 
           return {
-            parsedBody: parsedBody as any as TResult,
+            parsedBody: _parsedBody as any as TResult,
             response,
             httpCache: {
               cacheWritePromise,
@@ -574,6 +585,9 @@ export abstract class RESTDataSource<CO extends CacheOptions = CacheOptions> {
       });
     };
 
+    const cacheOptions = outgoingRequest.cacheOptions
+      ? outgoingRequest.cacheOptions
+      : this.cacheOptionsFor?.bind(this);
     // Cache GET requests based on the calculated cache key
     // Disabling the request cache does not disable the response cache
     const policy = this.requestDeduplicationPolicyFor(url, outgoingRequest);
@@ -589,7 +603,7 @@ export abstract class RESTDataSource<CO extends CacheOptions = CacheOptions> {
           this.cloneDataSourceFetchResult(result, {
             policy,
             deduplicatedAgainstPreviousRequest: true,
-          }),
+          }, cacheOptions as CacheOptions),
         );
 
       const thisRequestPromise = performRequest();
@@ -610,7 +624,7 @@ export abstract class RESTDataSource<CO extends CacheOptions = CacheOptions> {
         return this.cloneDataSourceFetchResult(await thisRequestPromise, {
           policy,
           deduplicatedAgainstPreviousRequest: false,
-        });
+        }, cacheOptions as CacheOptions);
       } finally {
         if (policy.policy === 'deduplicate-during-request-lifetime') {
           this.deduplicationPromises.delete(policy.deduplicationKey);