diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/rest/ErrorHandlers.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/rest/ErrorHandlers.java
index 846820a99d9f..d4083420efa6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/rest/ErrorHandlers.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/rest/ErrorHandlers.java
@@ -202,6 +202,9 @@ public ErrorResponse parseResponse(int code, String json) {
     public void accept(ErrorResponse error) {
       switch (error.code()) {
         case 400:
+          if (IllegalArgumentException.class.getSimpleName().equals(error.type())) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(error.message());
+          }
           throw new BadRequestException("Malformed request: %s", error.message());
         case 401:
           throw new NotAuthorizedException("Not authorized: %s", error.message());
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/view/ViewCatalogTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/view/ViewCatalogTests.java
index 8cb77a776220..8280a200d605 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/view/ViewCatalogTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/view/ViewCatalogTests.java
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ public void createViewErrorCases() {
                     .withQuery(trino.dialect(), trino.sql())
                     .withQuery(trino.dialect(), trino.sql())
                     .create())
-        .isInstanceOf(Exception.class)
+        .isInstanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class)
         .hasMessageContaining(
             "Invalid view version: Cannot add multiple queries for dialect trino");
   }