diff --git a/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/gcp/bigquery/action/BigQueryExecute.java b/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/gcp/bigquery/action/BigQueryExecute.java
index c1edbe7186..4f82e1685d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/gcp/bigquery/action/BigQueryExecute.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/gcp/bigquery/action/BigQueryExecute.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 import io.cdap.cdap.etl.api.action.Action;
 import io.cdap.cdap.etl.api.action.ActionContext;
 import io.cdap.cdap.etl.common.Constants;
+import io.cdap.plugin.gcp.bigquery.exception.BigQueryJobExecutionException;
 import io.cdap.plugin.gcp.bigquery.sink.BigQuerySinkUtils;
 import io.cdap.plugin.gcp.bigquery.util.BigQueryUtil;
 import io.cdap.plugin.gcp.common.CmekUtils;
@@ -55,7 +56,6 @@
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.ConnectException;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ protected void executeQueryWithExponentialBackoff(Duration initialRetryDuration,
                                                    int multiplier, int maxRetryCount, BigQuery bigQuery,
                                                    QueryJobConfiguration queryConfig, ActionContext context) {
     RetryPolicy<Object> retryPolicy = RetryPolicy.builder()
-            .handle(ConnectException.class)
+            .handle(BigQueryJobExecutionException.class)
             .withBackoff(initialRetryDuration, maxRetryDuration, multiplier)
             .withMaxRetries(maxRetryCount)
             .onRetry(event -> LOG.debug("Retrying BigQuery Execute job. Retry count: {}", event.getAttemptCount()))
@@ -160,16 +160,25 @@ protected void executeQueryWithExponentialBackoff(Duration initialRetryDuration,
   }
 
   private void executeQuery(BigQuery bigQuery, QueryJobConfiguration queryConfig, ActionContext context,
-                            Set<String> retryOnReason) throws InterruptedException, ConnectException {
+                            Set<String> retryOnReason) throws InterruptedException, BigQueryJobExecutionException {
     // Location must match that of the dataset(s) referenced in the query.
     JobId jobId = JobId.newBuilder().setRandomJob().setLocation(config.getLocation()).build();
-    Job queryJob = bigQuery.create(JobInfo.newBuilder(queryConfig).setJobId(jobId).build());
+    Job queryJob;
 
-    LOG.info("Executing SQL as job {}.", jobId.getJob());
-    LOG.debug("The BigQuery SQL is {}", config.getSql());
+    try {
+      queryJob = bigQuery.create(JobInfo.newBuilder(queryConfig).setJobId(jobId).build());
+
+      LOG.info("Executing SQL as job {}.", jobId.getJob());
+      LOG.debug("The BigQuery SQL is {}", config.getSql());
 
-    // Wait for the query to complete
-    queryJob = queryJob.waitFor();
+      // Wait for the query to complete
+      queryJob = queryJob.waitFor();
+    } catch (BigQueryException e) {
+      if (retryOnReason.contains(e.getError().getReason())) {
+        throw new BigQueryJobExecutionException(e.getMessage());
+      }
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
 
     // Check for errors
     if (queryJob.getStatus().getError() != null) {
@@ -177,7 +186,7 @@ private void executeQuery(BigQuery bigQuery, QueryJobConfiguration queryConfig,
       // errors, not just the latest one.
       LOG.error("The query job {} failed. Error: {}", jobId.getJob(), queryJob.getStatus().getError());
       if (retryOnReason.contains(queryJob.getStatus().getError().getReason())) {
-        throw new ConnectException(queryJob.getStatus().getError().getMessage());
+        throw new BigQueryJobExecutionException(queryJob.getStatus().getError().getMessage());
       }
       throw new RuntimeException(queryJob.getStatus().getError().getMessage());
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/gcp/bigquery/exception/BigQueryJobExecutionException.java b/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/gcp/bigquery/exception/BigQueryJobExecutionException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6dadec8955
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/gcp/bigquery/exception/BigQueryJobExecutionException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2023 Cask Data, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+ * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ * the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+ * the License.
+ */
+
+package io.cdap.plugin.gcp.bigquery.exception;
+
+/**
+ * Custom exception class for handling errors related to BigQuery job execution.
+ * This exception should be thrown when an issue occurs during the execution of a BigQuery job,
+ * and the calling code should consider retrying the operation.
+ */
+public class BigQueryJobExecutionException extends Exception {
+  /**
+   * Constructs a new BigQueryJobExecutionException with the specified detail message.
+   *
+   * @param message The detail message that describes the exception.
+   */
+  public BigQueryJobExecutionException(String message) {
+    super(message);
+  }
+}
+