diff --git a/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy/Common/HttpExceptionMiddleware.cs b/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy/Common/HttpExceptionMiddleware.cs
index de3b864314c..f39023cd0f0 100644
--- a/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy/Common/HttpExceptionMiddleware.cs
+++ b/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy/Common/HttpExceptionMiddleware.cs
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ public async Task Invoke(HttpContext context)
                     response.Headers.Append("x-request-known-exception", "true");
                     response.Headers.Append("x-request-known-exception-error", encodedException);
                 }
-                
+
                 var bodyObj = new
                 {
                     Message = e.Message,
-                    Status = e.StatusCode
+                    Status = e.StatusCode.ToString()
                 };
 
                 DebugLogger.LogError(e.Message);
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public async Task Invoke(HttpContext context)
                 var bodyObj = new
                 {
                     Message = e.Message,
-                    Status = unexpectedStatusCode,
+                    Status = unexpectedStatusCode.ToString(),
                     StackTrace = e.StackTrace,
                 };
 
diff --git a/tools/test-proxy/typespec/main.tsp b/tools/test-proxy/typespec/main.tsp
index a99ce07abd7..672a57c006c 100644
--- a/tools/test-proxy/typespec/main.tsp
+++ b/tools/test-proxy/typespec/main.tsp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ model StartPayload {
 
 model CommonErrorResponse {
     Message: string;
-    Status: int32;
+    Status: string;
     StackTrace?: string;
     @header("x-request-exception") requestException: boolean;
     @header("x-request-exception-error") requestExceptionError: string;