diff --git a/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/InvokeHTTP.java b/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/InvokeHTTP.java
index 82e0573e31..77412cdcb9 100644
--- a/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/InvokeHTTP.java
+++ b/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/InvokeHTTP.java
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ public final class InvokeHTTP extends AbstractProcessor {
         private final ProcessSession session;
 
         private final long txId = txIdGenerator.incrementAndGet();
+        private final long startNanos = System.nanoTime();
 
         private FlowFile request;
         private FlowFile response;
@@ -482,7 +483,7 @@ public final class InvokeHTTP extends AbstractProcessor {
                 // and the status codes.
                 if (isSuccess()) {
                     // clone the flowfile to capture the response
-                    response = session.clone(request);
+                    response = session.create(request);
 
                     // write the status attributes
                     response = writeStatusAttributes(response);
@@ -495,10 +496,11 @@ public final class InvokeHTTP extends AbstractProcessor {
                     // can potentially be null in edge cases
                     if (is != null) {
                         response = session.importFrom(is, response);
-                    }
 
-                    // invoke provenance events
-                    session.getProvenanceReporter().receive(response, conn.getURL().toExternalForm());
+                        // emit provenance event
+                        final long millis = TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS.toMillis(System.nanoTime() - startNanos);
+                        session.getProvenanceReporter().modifyContent(response, "Updated content with data received from " + conn.getURL().toExternalForm(), millis);
+                    }
 
                 }
 
diff --git a/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/TestInvokeHTTP.java b/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/TestInvokeHTTP.java
index acff14b683..46cacca06b 100644
--- a/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/TestInvokeHTTP.java
+++ b/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/TestInvokeHTTP.java
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
  */
 package org.apache.nifi.processors.standard;
 
+import static org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64.encodeBase64;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
@@ -23,6 +28,7 @@ import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -32,6 +38,8 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
 import org.apache.nifi.flowfile.attributes.CoreAttributes;
 import org.apache.nifi.processors.standard.InvokeHTTP.Config;
+import org.apache.nifi.provenance.ProvenanceEventRecord;
+import org.apache.nifi.provenance.ProvenanceEventType;
 import org.apache.nifi.ssl.StandardSSLContextService;
 import org.apache.nifi.util.MockFlowFile;
 import org.apache.nifi.util.TestRunner;
@@ -42,12 +50,6 @@ import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.AbstractHandler;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Assert;
-
-import static org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64.encodeBase64;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
-
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -217,6 +219,21 @@ public class TestInvokeHTTP {
         bundle1.assertAttributeEquals(Config.STATUS_MESSAGE, "OK");
         bundle1.assertAttributeEquals("Foo", "Bar");
         bundle1.assertAttributeEquals("Content-Type", "text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1");
+
+        final List<ProvenanceEventRecord> provEvents = runner.getProvenanceEvents();
+        assertEquals(2, provEvents.size());
+        boolean forkEvent = false;
+        boolean contentModEvent = false;
+        for (final ProvenanceEventRecord event : provEvents) {
+            if (event.getEventType() == ProvenanceEventType.FORK) {
+                forkEvent = true;
+            } else if (event.getEventType() == ProvenanceEventType.CONTENT_MODIFIED) {
+                contentModEvent = true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        assertTrue(forkEvent);
+        assertTrue(contentModEvent);
     }
 
     @Test