diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/google/adk/models/LlmResponse.java b/core/src/main/java/com/google/adk/models/LlmResponse.java
index 01a563b48..6f8f3d785 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/google/adk/models/LlmResponse.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/google/adk/models/LlmResponse.java
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ public final Builder response(GenerateContentResponse response) {
       Optional<List<Candidate>> candidatesOpt = response.candidates();
       if (candidatesOpt.isPresent() && !candidatesOpt.get().isEmpty()) {
         Candidate candidate = candidatesOpt.get().get(0);
+        this.finishReason(candidate.finishReason());
         if (candidate.content().isPresent()) {
           this.content(candidate.content().get());
           this.groundingMetadata(candidate.groundingMetadata());