diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/src/app.controller.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/src/app.controller.ts
index 2a4f14cae541..c30d8c08ea82 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/src/app.controller.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/src/app.controller.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,14 @@ export class AppController {
     return this.appService.testException(id);
   }
 
-  @Get('test-expected-exception/:id')
-  async testExpectedException(@Param('id') id: string) {
-    return this.appService.testExpectedException(id);
+  @Get('test-expected-400-exception/:id')
+  async testExpected400Exception(@Param('id') id: string) {
+    return this.appService.testExpected400Exception(id);
+  }
+
+  @Get('test-expected-500-exception/:id')
+  async testExpected500Exception(@Param('id') id: string) {
+    return this.appService.testExpected500Exception(id);
   }
 
   @Get('test-span-decorator-async')
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/src/app.service.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/src/app.service.ts
index 9a47f0e08e7a..1ae4c50d8901 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/src/app.service.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/src/app.service.ts
@@ -30,8 +30,12 @@ export class AppService {
     throw new Error(`This is an exception with id ${id}`);
   }
 
-  testExpectedException(id: string) {
-    throw new HttpException(`This is an expected exception with id ${id}`, HttpStatus.FORBIDDEN);
+  testExpected400Exception(id: string) {
+    throw new HttpException(`This is an expected 400 exception with id ${id}`, HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST);
+  }
+
+  testExpected500Exception(id: string) {
+    throw new HttpException(`This is an expected 500 exception with id ${id}`, HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
   }
 
   @SentryTraced('wait and return a string')
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/tests/errors.test.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/tests/errors.test.ts
index 349b25b0eee9..dad5d391bdde 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/tests/errors.test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/tests/errors.test.ts
@@ -29,25 +29,41 @@ test('Sends exception to Sentry', async ({ baseURL }) => {
   });
 });
 
-test('Does not send expected exception to Sentry', async ({ baseURL }) => {
+test('Does not send HttpExceptions to Sentry', async ({ baseURL }) => {
   let errorEventOccurred = false;
 
   waitForError('nestjs', event => {
-    if (!event.type && event.exception?.values?.[0]?.value === 'This is an expected exception with id 123') {
+    if (!event.type && event.exception?.values?.[0]?.value === 'This is an expected 400 exception with id 123') {
       errorEventOccurred = true;
     }
 
-    return event?.transaction === 'GET /test-expected-exception/:id';
+    return event?.transaction === 'GET /test-expected-400-exception/:id';
   });
 
-  const transactionEventPromise = waitForTransaction('nestjs', transactionEvent => {
-    return transactionEvent?.transaction === 'GET /test-expected-exception/:id';
+  waitForError('nestjs', event => {
+    if (!event.type && event.exception?.values?.[0]?.value === 'This is an expected 500 exception with id 123') {
+      errorEventOccurred = true;
+    }
+
+    return event?.transaction === 'GET /test-expected-500-exception/:id';
   });
 
-  const response = await fetch(`${baseURL}/test-expected-exception/123`);
-  expect(response.status).toBe(403);
+  const transactionEventPromise400 = waitForTransaction('nestjs', transactionEvent => {
+    return transactionEvent?.transaction === 'GET /test-expected-400-exception/:id';
+  });
+
+  const transactionEventPromise500 = waitForTransaction('nestjs', transactionEvent => {
+    return transactionEvent?.transaction === 'GET /test-expected-500-exception/:id';
+  });
+
+  const response400 = await fetch(`${baseURL}/test-expected-400-exception/123`);
+  expect(response400.status).toBe(400);
+
+  const response500 = await fetch(`${baseURL}/test-expected-500-exception/123`);
+  expect(response500.status).toBe(500);
 
-  await transactionEventPromise;
+  await transactionEventPromise400;
+  await transactionEventPromise500;
 
   await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 10000));
 
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-nestjs-basic/src/app.controller.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-nestjs-basic/src/app.controller.ts
index 2a4f14cae541..c30d8c08ea82 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-nestjs-basic/src/app.controller.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-nestjs-basic/src/app.controller.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,14 @@ export class AppController {
     return this.appService.testException(id);
   }
 
-  @Get('test-expected-exception/:id')
-  async testExpectedException(@Param('id') id: string) {
-    return this.appService.testExpectedException(id);
+  @Get('test-expected-400-exception/:id')
+  async testExpected400Exception(@Param('id') id: string) {
+    return this.appService.testExpected400Exception(id);
+  }
+
+  @Get('test-expected-500-exception/:id')
+  async testExpected500Exception(@Param('id') id: string) {
+    return this.appService.testExpected500Exception(id);
   }
 
   @Get('test-span-decorator-async')
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-nestjs-basic/src/app.service.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-nestjs-basic/src/app.service.ts
index 9a47f0e08e7a..1ae4c50d8901 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-nestjs-basic/src/app.service.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-nestjs-basic/src/app.service.ts
@@ -30,8 +30,12 @@ export class AppService {
     throw new Error(`This is an exception with id ${id}`);
   }
 
-  testExpectedException(id: string) {
-    throw new HttpException(`This is an expected exception with id ${id}`, HttpStatus.FORBIDDEN);
+  testExpected400Exception(id: string) {
+    throw new HttpException(`This is an expected 400 exception with id ${id}`, HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST);
+  }
+
+  testExpected500Exception(id: string) {
+    throw new HttpException(`This is an expected 500 exception with id ${id}`, HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
   }
 
   @SentryTraced('wait and return a string')
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-nestjs-basic/tests/errors.test.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-nestjs-basic/tests/errors.test.ts
index 349b25b0eee9..dad5d391bdde 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-nestjs-basic/tests/errors.test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-nestjs-basic/tests/errors.test.ts
@@ -29,25 +29,41 @@ test('Sends exception to Sentry', async ({ baseURL }) => {
   });
 });
 
-test('Does not send expected exception to Sentry', async ({ baseURL }) => {
+test('Does not send HttpExceptions to Sentry', async ({ baseURL }) => {
   let errorEventOccurred = false;
 
   waitForError('nestjs', event => {
-    if (!event.type && event.exception?.values?.[0]?.value === 'This is an expected exception with id 123') {
+    if (!event.type && event.exception?.values?.[0]?.value === 'This is an expected 400 exception with id 123') {
       errorEventOccurred = true;
     }
 
-    return event?.transaction === 'GET /test-expected-exception/:id';
+    return event?.transaction === 'GET /test-expected-400-exception/:id';
   });
 
-  const transactionEventPromise = waitForTransaction('nestjs', transactionEvent => {
-    return transactionEvent?.transaction === 'GET /test-expected-exception/:id';
+  waitForError('nestjs', event => {
+    if (!event.type && event.exception?.values?.[0]?.value === 'This is an expected 500 exception with id 123') {
+      errorEventOccurred = true;
+    }
+
+    return event?.transaction === 'GET /test-expected-500-exception/:id';
   });
 
-  const response = await fetch(`${baseURL}/test-expected-exception/123`);
-  expect(response.status).toBe(403);
+  const transactionEventPromise400 = waitForTransaction('nestjs', transactionEvent => {
+    return transactionEvent?.transaction === 'GET /test-expected-400-exception/:id';
+  });
+
+  const transactionEventPromise500 = waitForTransaction('nestjs', transactionEvent => {
+    return transactionEvent?.transaction === 'GET /test-expected-500-exception/:id';
+  });
+
+  const response400 = await fetch(`${baseURL}/test-expected-400-exception/123`);
+  expect(response400.status).toBe(400);
+
+  const response500 = await fetch(`${baseURL}/test-expected-500-exception/123`);
+  expect(response500.status).toBe(500);
 
-  await transactionEventPromise;
+  await transactionEventPromise400;
+  await transactionEventPromise500;
 
   await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 10000));
 
diff --git a/packages/nestjs/src/setup.ts b/packages/nestjs/src/setup.ts
index b274b85ec43b..7402d3f374f0 100644
--- a/packages/nestjs/src/setup.ts
+++ b/packages/nestjs/src/setup.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import type {
   NestInterceptor,
   OnModuleInit,
 } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { HttpException } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { Catch } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { Global, Module } from '@nestjs/common';
@@ -63,10 +64,8 @@ class SentryGlobalFilter extends BaseExceptionFilter {
    * Catches exceptions and reports them to Sentry unless they are expected errors.
    */
   public catch(exception: unknown, host: ArgumentsHost): void {
-    const status_code = (exception as { status?: number }).status;
-
     // don't report expected errors
-    if (status_code !== undefined && status_code >= 400 && status_code < 500) {
+    if (exception instanceof HttpException) {
       return super.catch(exception, host);
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/nest.ts b/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/nest.ts
index 2ec5fa840387..b23e4f97da48 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/nest.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/nest.ts
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ export function setupNestErrorHandler(app: MinimalNestJsApp, baseFilter: NestJsE
           const status_code = (exception as { status?: number }).status;
 
           // don't report expected errors
-          if (status_code !== undefined && status_code >= 400 && status_code < 500) {
+          if (status_code !== undefined) {
             return originalCatch.apply(target, [exception, host]);
           }