diff --git a/packages/@n8n/nodes-langchain/nodes/vendors/OpenAi/helpers/error-handling.test.ts b/packages/@n8n/nodes-langchain/nodes/vendors/OpenAi/helpers/error-handling.test.ts
index 97aee1d943..13fcf0877d 100644
--- a/packages/@n8n/nodes-langchain/nodes/vendors/OpenAi/helpers/error-handling.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/nodes-langchain/nodes/vendors/OpenAi/helpers/error-handling.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { OperationalError } from 'n8n-workflow';
 import { RateLimitError } from 'openai';
 import { OpenAIError } from 'openai/error';
 
@@ -41,7 +42,9 @@ describe('error-handling', () => {
 			try {
 				openAiFailedAttemptHandler(error);
 			} catch (e) {
-				expect(e).toBe(error);
+				expect(e).toBeInstanceOf(OperationalError);
+				expect(e.level).toBe('warning');
+				expect(e.cause).toBe(error);
 				expect(e.message).toBe('OpenAI: Rate limit reached');
 			}
 		});
diff --git a/packages/@n8n/nodes-langchain/nodes/vendors/OpenAi/helpers/error-handling.ts b/packages/@n8n/nodes-langchain/nodes/vendors/OpenAi/helpers/error-handling.ts
index 4fbb140def..011d59a095 100644
--- a/packages/@n8n/nodes-langchain/nodes/vendors/OpenAi/helpers/error-handling.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/nodes-langchain/nodes/vendors/OpenAi/helpers/error-handling.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { OperationalError } from 'n8n-workflow';
 import { RateLimitError } from 'openai';
 import { OpenAIError } from 'openai/error';
 
@@ -20,17 +21,8 @@ export const openAiFailedAttemptHandler = (error: any) => {
 		// If the error is a rate limit error, we want to handle it differently
 		// because OpenAI has multiple different rate limit errors
 		const errorCode = error?.code;
-		if (errorCode) {
-			const customErrorMessage = getCustomErrorMessage(errorCode);
-
-			if (customErrorMessage) {
-				if (error.error) {
-					(error.error as { message: string }).message = customErrorMessage;
-					error.message = customErrorMessage;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		throw error;
+		const errorMessage =
+			getCustomErrorMessage(errorCode ?? 'rate_limit_exceeded') ?? errorMap.rate_limit_exceeded;
+		throw new OperationalError(errorMessage, { cause: error });
 	}
 };