diff --git a/binance/async_client.py b/binance/async_client.py
index 3a73e6803..a00eccddb 100644
--- a/binance/async_client.py
+++ b/binance/async_client.py
@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@ async def _handle_response(self, response: aiohttp.ClientResponse):
         """
         if not str(response.status).startswith("2"):
             raise BinanceAPIException(response, response.status, await response.text())
+        
+        if response.text == "":
+            return {}
+
         try:
             return await response.json()
         except ValueError:
@@ -306,9 +310,12 @@ async def get_all_tickers(
         params = {}
         if symbol:
             params["symbol"] = symbol
-        return await self._get(
+        response = await self._get(
             "ticker/price", version=self.PRIVATE_API_VERSION, data=params
         )
+        if isinstance(response, list) and all(isinstance(item, dict) for item in response):
+            return response
+        raise TypeError("Expected a list of dictionaries")
 
     get_all_tickers.__doc__ = Client.get_all_tickers.__doc__
 
diff --git a/binance/client.py b/binance/client.py
index 2c9a5233e..3bbdbc7e9 100755
--- a/binance/client.py
+++ b/binance/client.py
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ def _handle_response(response: requests.Response):
         """
         if not (200 <= response.status_code < 300):
             raise BinanceAPIException(response, response.status_code, response.text)
+        
+        if response.text == "":
+            return {}
+
         try:
             return response.json()
         except ValueError:
@@ -382,7 +386,10 @@ def get_all_tickers(self) -> List[Dict[str, str]]:
         :raises: BinanceRequestException, BinanceAPIException
 
         """
-        return self._get("ticker/price", version=self.PRIVATE_API_VERSION)
+        response = self._get("ticker/price", version=self.PRIVATE_API_VERSION)
+        if isinstance(response, list) and all(isinstance(item, dict) for item in response):
+            return response
+        raise TypeError("Expected a list of dictionaries")
 
     def get_orderbook_tickers(self, **params) -> Dict:
         """Best price/qty on the order book for all symbols.