diff --git a/packages/agent/src/actor.ts b/packages/agent/src/actor.ts
index 72ed8c8e..bf4f906c 100644
--- a/packages/agent/src/actor.ts
+++ b/packages/agent/src/actor.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   QueryResponseStatus,
   ReplicaRejectCode,
   SubmitResponse,
+  v2ResponseBody,
   v3ResponseBody,
 } from './agent';
 import { AgentError } from './errors';
@@ -581,7 +582,20 @@ function _createActorMethod(
             );
           }
         }
+      } else if (response.body && 'reject_message' in response.body) {
+        // handle v2 response errors by throwing an UpdateCallRejectedError object
+        const { reject_code, reject_message, error_code } = response.body as v2ResponseBody;
+        throw new UpdateCallRejectedError(
+          cid,
+          methodName,
+          requestId,
+          response,
+          reject_code,
+          reject_message,
+          error_code,
+        );
       }
+
       // Fall back to polling if we receive an Accepted response code
       if (response.status === 202) {
         const pollStrategy = pollingStrategyFactory();
diff --git a/packages/agent/src/agent/http/__snapshots__/http.test.ts.snap b/packages/agent/src/agent/http/__snapshots__/http.test.ts.snap
index 9ad5d26e..5daa43d2 100644
--- a/packages/agent/src/agent/http/__snapshots__/http.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/agent/src/agent/http/__snapshots__/http.test.ts.snap
@@ -1,5 +1,80 @@
 // Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
 
+exports[`it should handle calls against the ic-management canister that succeed 1`] = `
+{
+  "cycles": 3092219247033n,
+  "idle_cycles_burned_per_day": 1808810n,
+  "memory_size": 2301012n,
+  "module_hash": [
+    Uint8Array [
+      254,
+      155,
+      232,
+      199,
+      49,
+      146,
+      52,
+      52,
+      57,
+      201,
+      131,
+      209,
+      77,
+      162,
+      243,
+      122,
+      89,
+      50,
+      105,
+      40,
+      93,
+      49,
+      15,
+      210,
+      193,
+      29,
+      73,
+      112,
+      229,
+      241,
+      110,
+      182,
+    ],
+  ],
+  "query_stats": {
+    "num_calls_total": 0n,
+    "num_instructions_total": 0n,
+    "request_payload_bytes_total": 0n,
+    "response_payload_bytes_total": 0n,
+  },
+  "reserved_cycles": 0n,
+  "settings": {
+    "compute_allocation": 0n,
+    "controllers": [
+      {
+        "__principal__": "2vxsx-fae",
+      },
+      {
+        "__principal__": "bnz7o-iuaaa-aaaaa-qaaaa-cai",
+      },
+      {
+        "__principal__": "jhnlf-yu2dz-v7beb-c77gl-76tj7-shaqo-5qfvi-htvel-gzamb-bvzx6-yqe",
+      },
+    ],
+    "freezing_threshold": 2592000n,
+    "log_visibility": {
+      "controllers": null,
+    },
+    "memory_allocation": 0n,
+    "reserved_cycles_limit": 5000000000000n,
+    "wasm_memory_limit": 0n,
+  },
+  "status": {
+    "running": null,
+  },
+}
+`;
+
 exports[`retry failures should succeed after multiple failures within the configured limit 1`] = `
 {
   "requestDetails": undefined,
diff --git a/packages/agent/src/agent/http/http.test.ts b/packages/agent/src/agent/http/http.test.ts
index 386b6bda..17b618ef 100644
--- a/packages/agent/src/agent/http/http.test.ts
+++ b/packages/agent/src/agent/http/http.test.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,14 @@ import { Principal } from '@dfinity/principal';
 import { requestIdOf } from '../../request_id';
 
 import { JSDOM } from 'jsdom';
-import { Actor, AnonymousIdentity, SignIdentity, toHex } from '../..';
+import {
+  Actor,
+  AnonymousIdentity,
+  fromHex,
+  getManagementCanister,
+  SignIdentity,
+  toHex,
+} from '../..';
 import { Ed25519KeyIdentity } from '@dfinity/identity';
 import { AgentError } from '../../errors';
 import { AgentHTTPResponseError } from './errors';
@@ -813,3 +820,139 @@ test('it should log errors to console if the option is set', async () => {
   await agent.syncTime();
 });
 
+test('it should handle calls against the ic-management canister that are rejected', async () => {
+  const identity = new AnonymousIdentity();
+  identity.getPrincipal().toString();
+
+  // Response generated by calling a locally deployed replica of the management canister, cloned using fetchCloner
+  const mockResponse = {
+    headers: [
+      ['access-control-allow-origin', '*'],
+      ['content-length', '178'],
+      ['content-type', 'application/cbor'],
+      ['date', 'Mon, 21 Oct 2024 23:35:59 GMT'],
+    ],
+    ok: true,
+    status: 200,
+    statusText: 'OK',
+    body: 'd9d9f7a46673746174757378186e6f6e5f7265706c6963617465645f72656a656374696f6e6a6572726f725f636f6465664943303531326b72656a6563745f636f6465056e72656a6563745f6d657373616765785d4f6e6c7920636f6e74726f6c6c657273206f662063616e697374657220626b797a322d666d6161612d61616161612d71616161712d6361692063616e2063616c6c2069633030206d6574686f642063616e69737465725f737461747573',
+    now: 1729553760128,
+  };
+
+  // Mock the fetch implementation, resolving a pre-calculated response
+  const mockFetch: jest.Mock = jest.fn(() => {
+    return Promise.resolve({
+      ...mockResponse,
+      body: fromHex(mockResponse.body),
+      arrayBuffer: async () => fromHex(mockResponse.body),
+    });
+  });
+
+  // Mock time so certificates can be accurately decoded
+  jest.useFakeTimers();
+  jest.setSystemTime(mockResponse.now);
+
+  const agent = await HttpAgent.createSync({
+    identity,
+    fetch: mockFetch,
+    host: 'http://localhost:4943',
+  });
+
+  // Use management canister call
+  const management = getManagementCanister({ agent });
+
+  // Call snapshot was made when the test canister was not authorized to be called by the anonymous identity. It should reject
+  expect(
+    management.canister_status({
+      canister_id: Principal.from('bkyz2-fmaaa-aaaaa-qaaaq-cai'),
+    }),
+  ).rejects.toThrow(
+    'Only controllers of canister bkyz2-fmaaa-aaaaa-qaaaq-cai can call ic00 method canister_status',
+  );
+});
+test('it should handle calls against the ic-management canister that succeed', async () => {
+  const identity = new AnonymousIdentity();
+
+  // Response generated by calling a locally deployed replica of the management canister, cloned using fetchCloner
+  const mockResponse = {
+    headers: [
+      ['access-control-allow-origin', '*'],
+      ['content-length', '761'],
+      ['content-type', 'application/cbor'],
+      ['date', 'Tue, 22 Oct 2024 22:19:07 GMT'],
+    ],
+    ok: true,
+    status: 200,
+    statusText: 'OK',
+    body: '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',
+    now: 1729635546372,
+  };
+
+  // Mock the fetch implementation, resolving a pre-calculated response
+  const mockFetch: jest.Mock = jest.fn(() => {
+    return Promise.resolve({
+      ...mockResponse,
+      body: fromHex(mockResponse.body),
+      arrayBuffer: async () => fromHex(mockResponse.body),
+    });
+  });
+
+  // Mock time so certificates can be accurately decoded
+  jest.useFakeTimers();
+  jest.setSystemTime(mockResponse.now);
+
+  // Pass in rootKey from replica (used because test was written using local replica)
+  const agent = await HttpAgent.createSync({
+    identity,
+    fetch: mockFetch,
+    host: 'http://localhost:4943',
+    rootKey: fromHex(
+      '308182301d060d2b0601040182dc7c0503010201060c2b0601040182dc7c050302010361008be882f1985cccb53fd551571a42818014835ed8f8a27767669b67dd4a836eb0d62b327e3368a80615b0e4f472c73f7917c036dc9317dcb64b319a1efa43dd7c656225c061de359db6fdf7033ac1bff24c944c145e46ebdce2093680b6209a13',
+    ),
+  });
+
+  // Use management canister call
+  const management = getManagementCanister({ agent });
+
+  // Important - override nonce when making request to ensure reproducible result
+  (Actor.agentOf(management) as HttpAgent).addTransform('update', async args => {
+    args.body.nonce = new Uint8Array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]) as Nonce;
+    return args;
+  });
+
+  // Call snapshot was made after the test canister was authorized to be called by the anonymous identity. It should resolve the status
+  const status = await management.canister_status({
+    canister_id: Principal.from('bkyz2-fmaaa-aaaaa-qaaaq-cai'),
+  });
+
+  expect(status).toMatchSnapshot();
+});
+
+/**
+ * Test utility to clone a fetch response for mocking purposes with the agent
+ * @param request - RequestInfo
+ * @param init - RequestInit
+ * @returns Promise<Response>
+ */
+export async function fetchCloner(
+  request: RequestInfo | URL,
+  init?: RequestInit,
+): Promise<Response> {
+  const response = await fetch(request, init);
+  const cloned = response.clone();
+  const responseBuffer = await cloned.arrayBuffer();
+
+  const mock = {
+    headers: [...response.headers.entries()],
+    ok: response.ok,
+    status: response.status,
+    statusText: response.statusText,
+    body: toHex(responseBuffer),
+    now: Date.now(),
+  };
+
+  console.log(request);
+  console.log(JSON.stringify(mock));
+
+  return response;
+}
diff --git a/packages/agent/src/certificate.ts b/packages/agent/src/certificate.ts
index 8ddac8ca..813cd704 100644
--- a/packages/agent/src/certificate.ts
+++ b/packages/agent/src/certificate.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { bufEquals, concat, fromHex, toHex } from './utils/buffer';
 import { Principal } from '@dfinity/principal';
 import * as bls from './utils/bls';
 import { decodeTime } from './utils/leb';
+import { MANAGEMENT_CANISTER_ID } from './agent';
 
 /**
  * A certificate may fail verification with respect to the provided public key
@@ -271,17 +272,19 @@ export class Certificate {
 
     await cert.verify();
 
-    const canisterInRange = check_canister_ranges({
-      canisterId: this._canisterId,
-      subnetId: Principal.fromUint8Array(new Uint8Array(d.subnet_id)),
-      tree: cert.cert.tree,
-    });
-    if (!canisterInRange) {
-      throw new CertificateVerificationError(
-        `Canister ${this._canisterId} not in range of delegations for subnet 0x${toHex(
-          d.subnet_id,
-        )}`,
-      );
+    if (this._canisterId.toString() !== MANAGEMENT_CANISTER_ID) {
+      const canisterInRange = check_canister_ranges({
+        canisterId: this._canisterId,
+        subnetId: Principal.fromUint8Array(new Uint8Array(d.subnet_id)),
+        tree: cert.cert.tree,
+      });
+      if (!canisterInRange) {
+        throw new CertificateVerificationError(
+          `Canister ${this._canisterId} not in range of delegations for subnet 0x${toHex(
+            d.subnet_id,
+          )}`,
+        );
+      }
     }
     const publicKeyLookup = lookupResultToBuffer(
       cert.lookup(['subnet', d.subnet_id, 'public_key']),