diff --git a/litellm/proxy/common_utils/semantic_text_index.py b/litellm/proxy/common_utils/semantic_text_index.py
index 4f56ab13af4..8869d2cf2db 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/common_utils/semantic_text_index.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/common_utils/semantic_text_index.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from itertools import chain, islice
 from types import MappingProxyType
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Final, Protocol, TypeAlias
 
+from fastapi import HTTPException
 from openai import OpenAIError
 from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict
 
@@ -87,6 +88,8 @@ _CacheKey: TypeAlias = tuple[str, str]
 async def _embed_all(embed: Embedder, texts: Sequence[str]) -> tuple[Vector, ...] | EmbeddingFailed:
     try:
         vectors: Final = tuple(await embed(texts))
+    except HTTPException:
+        raise
     except (OpenAIError, ValueError, BudgetExceededError) as exc:
         return EmbeddingFailed(reason=f"embedding the search query failed: {exc}")
     if len(vectors) != len(texts):
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/llms/litellm_proxy/skills/test_skill_search.py b/tests/test_litellm/llms/litellm_proxy/skills/test_skill_search.py
index 908279e6184..4bec0baa1d9 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/llms/litellm_proxy/skills/test_skill_search.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/llms/litellm_proxy/skills/test_skill_search.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from litellm.llms.litellm_proxy.skills.skill_search import (
 from litellm.proxy._types import LiteLLM_SkillsTable, LitellmUserRoles, UserAPIKeyAuth
 from litellm.proxy.anthropic_endpoints.skills_endpoints import router
 from litellm.proxy.auth.user_api_key_auth import user_api_key_auth
+from litellm.proxy.common_utils.proxy_rate_limit_error import ProxyRateLimitError
 from litellm.proxy.common_utils.semantic_text_index import Vector, cosine_similarity
 
 CALLER: Final = UserAPIKeyAuth(api_key="hashed-caller-key", team_id="team-1", user_id="user-1")
@@ -332,7 +333,7 @@ class TestSearchSkills:
     async def test_a_key_over_its_limit_never_reaches_the_embedding_model(self) -> None:
         router = _embedding_router()
         key_limits = MagicMock()
-        key_limits.pre_call_hook = AsyncMock(side_effect=HTTPException(status_code=429, detail="rpm exceeded"))
+        key_limits.pre_call_hook = AsyncMock(side_effect=ProxyRateLimitError(detail="rpm exceeded"))
         with pytest.raises(HTTPException) as raised:
             await search_skills(
                 "language translation",
@@ -456,7 +457,7 @@ class TestGetSkillsQuery:
     def test_a_key_over_its_rate_limit_gets_a_429_without_embedding(
         self, accessible_skills: AsyncMock, embedding_router: MagicMock, key_limits: MagicMock
     ) -> None:
-        key_limits.pre_call_hook = AsyncMock(side_effect=HTTPException(status_code=429, detail="rpm exceeded"))
+        key_limits.pre_call_hook = AsyncMock(side_effect=ProxyRateLimitError(detail="rpm exceeded"))
         response = _client(LitellmUserRoles.PROXY_ADMIN).get(
             "/v1/skills",
             params={"custom_llm_provider": "litellm_proxy", "query": "language translation"},