diff --git a/auto-configurations/common/spring-ai-autoconfigure-retry/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/retry/autoconfigure/SpringAiRetryAutoConfiguration.java b/auto-configurations/common/spring-ai-autoconfigure-retry/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/retry/autoconfigure/SpringAiRetryAutoConfiguration.java
index 912f068f142..c0c132240c3 100644
--- a/auto-configurations/common/spring-ai-autoconfigure-retry/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/retry/autoconfigure/SpringAiRetryAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/auto-configurations/common/spring-ai-autoconfigure-retry/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/retry/autoconfigure/SpringAiRetryAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 import org.springframework.lang.NonNull;
 import org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StreamUtils;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.client.ResourceAccessException;
 import org.springframework.web.client.ResponseErrorHandler;
 
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@
  * @author Christian Tzolov
  * @author SriVarshan P
  * @author Seunggyu Lee
+ * @author Yanming Zhou
  */
 @AutoConfiguration
 @ConditionalOnClass(RetryUtils.class)
@@ -104,12 +106,9 @@ public void handleError(@NonNull URI url, @NonNull HttpMethod method, @NonNull C
 
 			@SuppressWarnings("removal")
 			public void handleError(@NonNull ClientHttpResponse response) throws IOException {
-				if (!response.getStatusCode().isError()) {
-					return;
-				}
 
 				String error = StreamUtils.copyToString(response.getBody(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-				if (error == null || error.isEmpty()) {
+				if (!StringUtils.hasLength(error)) {
 					error = "No response body available";
 				}
 
diff --git a/spring-ai-retry/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/retry/RetryUtils.java b/spring-ai-retry/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/retry/RetryUtils.java
index 4d2b7ecb1ec..26f44d83ec1 100644
--- a/spring-ai-retry/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/retry/RetryUtils.java
+++ b/spring-ai-retry/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/retry/RetryUtils.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
  *
  * @author Christian Tzolov
  * @author Soby Chacko
+ * @author Yanming Zhou
  * @since 0.8.1
  */
 public abstract class RetryUtils {
@@ -78,20 +79,18 @@ public void handleError(final URI url, final HttpMethod method, final @NonNull C
 
 		@SuppressWarnings("removal")
 		public void handleError(final @NonNull ClientHttpResponse response) throws IOException {
-			if (response.getStatusCode().isError()) {
-				String error = StreamUtils.copyToString(response.getBody(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-				String message = String.format("%s - %s", response.getStatusCode().value(), error);
-				/*
-				 * Thrown on 4xx client errors, such as 401 - Incorrect API key provided,
-				 * 401 - You must be a member of an organization to use the API, 429 -
-				 * Rate limit reached for requests, 429 - You exceeded your current quota,
-				 * please check your plan and billing details.
-				 */
-				if (response.getStatusCode().is4xxClientError()) {
-					throw new NonTransientAiException(message);
-				}
-				throw new TransientAiException(message);
+			String error = StreamUtils.copyToString(response.getBody(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+			String message = String.format("%s - %s", response.getStatusCode().value(), error);
+			/*
+			 * Thrown on 4xx client errors, such as 401 - Incorrect API key provided, 401
+			 * - You must be a member of an organization to use the API, 429 - Rate limit
+			 * reached for requests, 429 - You exceeded your current quota, please check
+			 * your plan and billing details.
+			 */
+			if (response.getStatusCode().is4xxClientError()) {
+				throw new NonTransientAiException(message);
 			}
+			throw new TransientAiException(message);
 		}
 
 	};