diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 49e0416169..2a2ced228b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3162,6 +3162,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "enum-map",
  "hex",
  "postgres_ffi",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_with",
diff --git a/libs/pageserver_api/Cargo.toml b/libs/pageserver_api/Cargo.toml
index 4d08d78e87..09f85f6bfc 100644
--- a/libs/pageserver_api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libs/pageserver_api/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ byteorder.workspace = true
 utils.workspace = true
 postgres_ffi.workspace = true
 enum-map.workspace = true
+rand.workspace = true
 strum.workspace = true
 strum_macros.workspace = true
 hex.workspace = true
diff --git a/pageserver/src/client/mgmt_api.rs b/pageserver/src/client/mgmt_api.rs
index 07f4213e7f..82058316ed 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/client/mgmt_api.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/client/mgmt_api.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ impl Client {
             anyhow::bail!("status error");
         }
         let body = hyper::body::to_bytes(resp).await?;
-        Ok(serde_json::from_slice(&body)?)
+        serde_json::from_slice(&body).context("deserialize")
     }
 
     pub async fn list_timelines(
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ impl Client {
             anyhow::bail!("status error");
         }
         let body = hyper::body::to_bytes(resp).await?;
-        Ok(serde_json::from_slice(&body)?)
+        serde_json::from_slice(&body).context("deserialize")
     }
 
     pub async fn timeline_info(
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ impl Client {
             anyhow::bail!("status error");
         }
         let body = hyper::body::to_bytes(resp).await?;
-        Ok(serde_json::from_slice(&body)?)
+        serde_json::from_slice(&body).context("deserialize")
     }
 
     pub async fn keyspace(
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ impl Client {
             anyhow::bail!("status error");
         }
         let body = hyper::body::to_bytes(resp).await?;
-        Ok(serde_json::from_slice(&body).context("deserialize")?)
+        serde_json::from_slice(&body).context("deserialize")
     }
 
     async fn get(&self, uri: Uri) -> hyper::Result<hyper::Response<hyper::Body>> {