diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5309dd0d66b69..7a244d8895189 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - Remove package org.opensearch.transport.grpc and replace with org.opensearch.plugin.transport.grpc ([#18031](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/18031))
 - Fix the native plugin installation error cause by the pgp public key change ([#18147](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/18147))
 - Fix object field exists query ([#17843](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/17843))
+- Use Bad Request status for InputCoercionEcception ([#18161](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/18161))
 
 ### Security
 
diff --git a/libs/core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ExceptionsHelper.java b/libs/core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ExceptionsHelper.java
index 9692d20a050ff..5d5eeb41118c8 100644
--- a/libs/core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ExceptionsHelper.java
+++ b/libs/core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ExceptionsHelper.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 package org.opensearch;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.exc.InputCoercionException;
 
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
@@ -98,6 +99,8 @@ public static RestStatus status(Throwable t) {
                 return ((OpenSearchException) t).status();
             } else if (t instanceof IllegalArgumentException) {
                 return RestStatus.BAD_REQUEST;
+            } else if (t instanceof InputCoercionException) {
+                return RestStatus.BAD_REQUEST;
             } else if (t instanceof JsonParseException) {
                 return RestStatus.BAD_REQUEST;
             } else if (t instanceof OpenSearchRejectedExecutionException) {
@@ -115,6 +118,8 @@ public static String summaryMessage(Throwable t) {
                 return getExceptionSimpleClassName(t) + "[" + t.getMessage() + "]";
             } else if (t instanceof IllegalArgumentException) {
                 return "Invalid argument";
+            } else if (t instanceof InputCoercionException) {
+                return "Incompatible JSON value";
             } else if (t instanceof JsonParseException) {
                 return "Failed to parse JSON";
             } else if (t instanceof OpenSearchRejectedExecutionException) {
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search/30_limits.yml b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search/30_limits.yml
index 1f550d114cf29..753d0b8a6dea9 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search/30_limits.yml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search/30_limits.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,24 @@ setup:
         scroll: 5m
         size: 10010
 
+---
+"Request with size exceeding max integer value":
+  - skip:
+      version: "- 3.0.99"
+      reason: "returns 500 before 3.1.0"
+  - do:
+      catch:      /Numeric value \(2147483648\) out of range of int/
+      search:
+        rest_total_hits_as_int: true
+        index: test_1
+        body:
+          query:
+            match_all: {}
+          size: 2147483648
+
+  - match: { status: 400 }
+  - match: { error.type: input_coercion_exception }
+
 ---
 "Rescore window limits":
   - do:
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ExceptionsHelperTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ExceptionsHelperTests.java
index e2b22ccbba768..20527eb4e7dc0 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ExceptionsHelperTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ExceptionsHelperTests.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 package org.opensearch;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.exc.InputCoercionException;
 
 import org.apache.commons.codec.DecoderException;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.CorruptIndexException;
@@ -110,12 +111,17 @@ private void assertError(final Throwable cause, final Error error) {
 
     public void testStatus() {
         assertThat(ExceptionsHelper.status(new IllegalArgumentException("illegal")), equalTo(RestStatus.BAD_REQUEST));
+        assertThat(ExceptionsHelper.status(new InputCoercionException(null, "illegal", null, null)), equalTo(RestStatus.BAD_REQUEST));
         assertThat(ExceptionsHelper.status(new JsonParseException(null, "illegal")), equalTo(RestStatus.BAD_REQUEST));
         assertThat(ExceptionsHelper.status(new OpenSearchRejectedExecutionException("rejected")), equalTo(RestStatus.TOO_MANY_REQUESTS));
     }
 
     public void testSummaryMessage() {
         assertThat(ExceptionsHelper.summaryMessage(new IllegalArgumentException("illegal")), equalTo("Invalid argument"));
+        assertThat(
+            ExceptionsHelper.summaryMessage(new InputCoercionException(null, "illegal", null, null)),
+            equalTo("Incompatible JSON value")
+        );
         assertThat(ExceptionsHelper.summaryMessage(new JsonParseException(null, "illegal")), equalTo("Failed to parse JSON"));
         assertThat(ExceptionsHelper.summaryMessage(new OpenSearchRejectedExecutionException("rejected")), equalTo("Too many requests"));
     }