diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/automation.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/automation.ts
index ab5b6e3fd7..6177868303 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/automation.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/automation.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export async function destroy(ctx: UserCtx<void, DeleteAutomationResponse>) {
 
   const automation = await sdk.automations.get(ctx.params.id)
   if (coreSdk.automations.isRowAction(automation)) {
-    ctx.throw("Row actions cannot be deleted", 400)
+    ctx.throw("Row actions automations cannot be deleted", 422)
   }
 
   ctx.body = await sdk.automations.remove(automationId, ctx.params.rev)
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/automation.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/automation.spec.ts
index 8fccb32299..990828dcde 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/automation.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/automation.spec.ts
@@ -433,7 +433,10 @@ describe("/automations", () => {
         .delete(`/api/automations/${automation._id}/${automation._rev}`)
         .set(config.defaultHeaders())
         .expect("Content-Type", /json/)
-        .expect(400, { message: "Row actions cannot be deleted", status: 400 })
+        .expect(422, {
+          message: "Row actions automations cannot be deleted",
+          status: 422,
+        })
 
       expect(events.automation.deleted).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
     })