diff --git a/async-query-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/spark/client/EmrServerlessClientImpl.java b/async-query-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/spark/client/EmrServerlessClientImpl.java
index c785067398..707a845c8e 100644
--- a/async-query-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/spark/client/EmrServerlessClientImpl.java
+++ b/async-query-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/spark/client/EmrServerlessClientImpl.java
@@ -116,11 +116,16 @@ public CancelJobRunResult cancelJobRun(
                   } catch (Throwable t) {
                     if (allowExceptionPropagation) {
                       throw t;
-                    } else {
-                      logger.error("Error while making cancel job request to emr:", t);
-                      metricsService.incrementNumericalMetric(EMR_CANCEL_JOB_REQUEST_FAILURE_COUNT);
-                      throw new RuntimeException(GENERIC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR_MESSAGE);
                     }
+
+                    logger.error("Error while making cancel job request to emr:", t);
+                    metricsService.incrementNumericalMetric(EMR_CANCEL_JOB_REQUEST_FAILURE_COUNT);
+                    if (t instanceof ValidationException) {
+                      throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                          "The input fails to satisfy the constraints specified by AWS EMR"
+                              + " Serverless.");
+                    }
+                    throw new RuntimeException(GENERIC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR_MESSAGE);
                   }
                 });
     logger.info(String.format("Job : %s cancelled", cancelJobRunResult.getJobRunId()));
diff --git a/async-query-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/spark/client/EmrServerlessClientImplTest.java b/async-query-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/spark/client/EmrServerlessClientImplTest.java
index 42d703f9ac..b3a2bda36a 100644
--- a/async-query-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/spark/client/EmrServerlessClientImplTest.java
+++ b/async-query-core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/spark/client/EmrServerlessClientImplTest.java
@@ -172,10 +172,12 @@ void testCancelJobRunWithValidationException() {
 
     RuntimeException runtimeException =
         Assertions.assertThrows(
-            RuntimeException.class,
+            IllegalArgumentException.class,
             () -> emrServerlessClient.cancelJobRun(EMRS_APPLICATION_ID, EMR_JOB_ID, false));
 
-    Assertions.assertEquals("Internal Server Error.", runtimeException.getMessage());
+    Assertions.assertEquals(
+        "The input fails to satisfy the constraints specified by AWS EMR Serverless.",
+        runtimeException.getMessage());
   }
 
   @Test