diff --git a/src/Monolog/Handler/Curl/Util.php b/src/Monolog/Handler/Curl/Util.php
index 5a8abef3..91e81bb6 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Handler/Curl/Util.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Handler/Curl/Util.php
@@ -31,13 +31,16 @@ final class Util
     /**
      * Executes a CURL request with optional retries and exception on failure
      *
-     * @param  resource          $ch curl handler
-     * @throws \RuntimeException
+     * @param resource $ch curl handler
+     * @param int $retries
+     * @param bool $closeAfterDone
+     * @return bool|string @see curl_exec
      */
-    public static function execute($ch, int $retries = 5, bool $closeAfterDone = true): void
+    public static function execute($ch, int $retries = 5, bool $closeAfterDone = true)
     {
         while ($retries--) {
-            if (curl_exec($ch) === false) {
+            $curlResponse = curl_exec($ch);
+            if ($curlResponse === false) {
                 $curlErrno = curl_errno($ch);
 
                 if (false === in_array($curlErrno, self::$retriableErrorCodes, true) || !$retries) {
@@ -56,7 +59,10 @@ final class Util
             if ($closeAfterDone) {
                 curl_close($ch);
             }
-            break;
+
+            return $curlResponse;
         }
+
+        return false;
     }
-}
+}
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