diff --git a/source/common/http/filter/lua/lua_filter.cc b/source/common/http/filter/lua/lua_filter.cc
index f6ca604fa5891..0e3af6dc71116 100644
--- a/source/common/http/filter/lua/lua_filter.cc
+++ b/source/common/http/filter/lua/lua_filter.cc
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ int StreamHandleWrapper::luaRespond(lua_State* state) {
   uint64_t status;
   if (headers->Status() == nullptr ||
       !StringUtil::atoul(headers->Status()->value().c_str(), status) || status < 200 ||
-      status >= 500) {
-    luaL_error(state, ":status must be between 100-599");
+      status >= 600) {
+    luaL_error(state, ":status must be between 200-599");
   }
 
   Buffer::InstancePtr body;
diff --git a/test/common/http/filter/lua/lua_filter_test.cc b/test/common/http/filter/lua/lua_filter_test.cc
index 48257afc85a71..b54736e7de5c7 100644
--- a/test/common/http/filter/lua/lua_filter_test.cc
+++ b/test/common/http/filter/lua/lua_filter_test.cc
@@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ TEST_F(LuaHttpFilterTest, ImmediateResponse) {
   const std::string SCRIPT{R"EOF(
     function envoy_on_request(request_handle)
       request_handle:respond(
-        {[":status"] = "403"},
+        {[":status"] = "503"},
         "nope")
 
       -- Should not run
@@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@ TEST_F(LuaHttpFilterTest, ImmediateResponse) {
   setup(SCRIPT);
 
   TestHeaderMapImpl request_headers{{":path", "/"}};
-  TestHeaderMapImpl expected_headers{{":status", "403"}, {"content-length", "4"}};
+  TestHeaderMapImpl expected_headers{{":status", "503"}, {"content-length", "4"}};
   EXPECT_CALL(decoder_callbacks_, encodeHeaders_(HeaderMapEqualRef(&expected_headers), false));
   EXPECT_CALL(decoder_callbacks_, encodeData(_, true));
   EXPECT_EQ(FilterHeadersStatus::StopIteration, filter_->decodeHeaders(request_headers, false));
@@ -1205,7 +1205,7 @@ TEST_F(LuaHttpFilterTest, ImmediateResponseBadStatus) {
 
   TestHeaderMapImpl request_headers{{":path", "/"}};
   EXPECT_CALL(*filter_, scriptLog(spdlog::level::err,
-                                  StrEq("[string \"...\"]:3: :status must be between 100-599")));
+                                  StrEq("[string \"...\"]:3: :status must be between 200-599")));
   EXPECT_EQ(FilterHeadersStatus::Continue, filter_->decodeHeaders(request_headers, false));
 }