diff --git a/api/tests/unit/webhooks/test_unit_webhooks.py b/api/tests/unit/webhooks/test_unit_webhooks.py
index 9ef69bcd2561..9561bee1f561 100644
--- a/api/tests/unit/webhooks/test_unit_webhooks.py
+++ b/api/tests/unit/webhooks/test_unit_webhooks.py
@@ -434,10 +434,10 @@ def test_send_test_webhook__various_error_status_codes__returns_correct_response
     mock_post.assert_called_once()
     response_json = response.json()
     assert response_json["status"] == external_api_response_status
-    assert response_json["detail"] == "Webhook returned invalid status"
+    assert response_json["detail"] == "Webhook returned error status"
     assert (
         response_json["body"]
-        == "Please check the webhook endpoint to validate it returns a 200 OK."
+        == f"Webhook returned HTTP {external_api_response_status}."
     )
 
 
diff --git a/api/webhooks/views.py b/api/webhooks/views.py
index cfb756537eb2..743860c2fce9 100644
--- a/api/webhooks/views.py
+++ b/api/webhooks/views.py
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ def test(self, request: Request) -> Response:
                 else WebhookType.ENVIRONMENT
             )
             response = send_test_request_to_webhook(webhook_url, secret, webhook_type)
-            if response.status_code != 200:
+            if response.status_code >= 400:
                 return Response(
                     {
-                        "detail": "Webhook returned invalid status",
-                        "body": "Please check the webhook endpoint to validate it returns a 200 OK.",
+                        "detail": "Webhook returned error status",
+                        "body": f"Webhook returned HTTP {response.status_code}.",
                         "status": response.status_code,
                     },
                     status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,