diff --git a/src/@common/result.ts b/src/@common/result.ts
index d89d430..a3c52c4 100644
--- a/src/@common/result.ts
+++ b/src/@common/result.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { RetryError } from "../retry/models/retry-error";
 import { TimeoutError } from "../timeout/models/timeout-error";
+import { BaseError } from "./base-error";
 
 export class Result<T> {
-  private constructor(public data?: T, public error: any = null) {
+  private constructor(public data?: T, public error?: BaseError) {
     this.data = data;
     this.error = error;
   }
diff --git a/src/retry/execution/retry-http-request-execution.ts b/src/retry/execution/retry-http-request-execution.ts
index efaefd7..4d3253d 100644
--- a/src/retry/execution/retry-http-request-execution.ts
+++ b/src/retry/execution/retry-http-request-execution.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { DefaultRetryExcludedHttpStatusCodes } from "../models/default-retry-excluded-http-status-codes";
 import { RetryIntervalStrategy } from "../models/retry-interval-options";
 import { RetryPolicyType } from "../models/retry-policy-type";
 import { computeRetryBackoffForStrategyInSeconds } from "../strategy/retry-backoff-strategy";
@@ -16,7 +17,18 @@ async function retryHttpIteration(
 ): Promise<any> {
   try {
     return await httpRequest;
-  } catch (error) {
+  } catch (error: any) {
+    if (
+      error.response &&
+      error.response.status &&
+      blockedStatusCodesForRetry(retryPolicyType).includes(
+        error.response.status
+      )
+    ) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `The http status code of the response indicates that a retry shoudldn't happen. Status code received: ${error.response.status}`
+      );
+    }
     if (currentAttempt <= retryPolicyType.maxNumberOfRetries) {
       const nextAttempt = currentAttempt + 1;
 
@@ -53,3 +65,7 @@ const retryWithBackoff = (
       backoffRetryIntervalInSeconds * 1000
     )
   );
+
+const blockedStatusCodesForRetry = (retryPolicy: RetryPolicyType) =>
+  retryPolicy.excludeRetriesOnStatusCodes ??
+  DefaultRetryExcludedHttpStatusCodes;
diff --git a/src/retry/models/default-retry-excluded-http-status-codes.ts b/src/retry/models/default-retry-excluded-http-status-codes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8b117d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/retry/models/default-retry-excluded-http-status-codes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export const DefaultRetryExcludedHttpStatusCodes: number[] = [
+  400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415,
+  416, 417, 418, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 428, 429, 431, 451,
+];
diff --git a/src/retry/models/retry-policy-type.ts b/src/retry/models/retry-policy-type.ts
index c2a97f5..de52721 100644
--- a/src/retry/models/retry-policy-type.ts
+++ b/src/retry/models/retry-policy-type.ts
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ export type RetryPolicyType = {
   retryIntervalStrategy?: RetryIntervalStrategy;
   baseRetryDelayInSeconds?: number;
   timeoutPerRetryInSeconds?: number;
+  excludeRetriesOnStatusCodes?: number[];
 };
diff --git a/test/retry/retry-policy-executor.unit.spec.ts b/test/retry/retry-policy-executor.unit.spec.ts
index 15d651c..47ad019 100644
--- a/test/retry/retry-policy-executor.unit.spec.ts
+++ b/test/retry/retry-policy-executor.unit.spec.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { PolicyExecutorFactory } from "../../src/@common/policy-executor-factory
 import { RetryIntervalStrategy } from "../../src/retry/models/retry-interval-options";
 import { createTimedOutRequest } from "../@common/utils/timeout-request-function";
 import { ComplexObject } from "../@common/models/complex-object";
+import { DefaultRetryExcludedHttpStatusCodes } from "../../src/retry/models/default-retry-excluded-http-status-codes";
 const MockAdapter = require("axios-mock-adapter");
 
 describe("Retry with constant backoff", () => {
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ describe("Retry with constant backoff", () => {
         },
       })
     );
-    expect(httpResult.error).toBeNull();
+    expect(httpResult.error).toBeUndefined();
   });
 });
 
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ describe("Retry with constant backoff with timeout on retry", () => {
         },
       })
     );
-    expect(httpResult.error).toBeNull();
+    expect(httpResult.error).toBeUndefined();
   });
 });
 
@@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ describe("Retry with linear backoff", () => {
         },
       })
     );
-    expect(httpResult.error).toBeNull();
+    expect(httpResult.error).toBeUndefined();
   });
 });
 
@@ -287,7 +288,7 @@ describe("Retry with linear backoff with timeout on retry", () => {
         },
       })
     );
-    expect(httpResult.error).toBeNull();
+    expect(httpResult.error).toBeUndefined();
   });
 });
 
@@ -361,7 +362,7 @@ describe("Retry with linear and jitter backoff", () => {
         },
       })
     );
-    expect(httpResult.error).toBeNull();
+    expect(httpResult.error).toBeUndefined();
   });
 });
 
@@ -429,7 +430,7 @@ describe("Retry with linear and jitter backoff with timeout on retry", () => {
         },
       })
     );
-    expect(httpResult.error).toBeNull();
+    expect(httpResult.error).toBeUndefined();
   });
 });
 
@@ -501,7 +502,7 @@ describe("Retry with exponential backoff", () => {
         },
       })
     );
-    expect(httpResult.error).toBeNull();
+    expect(httpResult.error).toBeUndefined();
   });
 });
 
@@ -567,7 +568,7 @@ describe("Retry with exponential backoff with timeout on retry", () => {
         },
       })
     );
-    expect(httpResult.error).toBeNull();
+    expect(httpResult.error).toBeUndefined();
   });
 });
 
@@ -639,7 +640,7 @@ describe("Retry with exponential jitter backoff", () => {
         },
       })
     );
-    expect(httpResult.error).toBeNull();
+    expect(httpResult.error).toBeUndefined();
   });
 });
 
@@ -704,6 +705,71 @@ describe("Retry with exponential jitter backoff and timeout", () => {
         },
       })
     );
-    expect(httpResult.error).toBeNull();
+    expect(httpResult.error).toBeUndefined();
   });
 });
+
+describe("Retry with http request returning non-valid http status code for retry", () => {
+  let axiosMock;
+
+  for (let httpStatusCode of DefaultRetryExcludedHttpStatusCodes) {
+    test("using default non-valid http status code for retry", async () => {
+      axiosMock = new MockAdapter(axios);
+
+      axiosMock.onGet("/complex").reply(httpStatusCode);
+
+      const retryPolicyExecutor = PolicyExecutorFactory.createRetryHttpExecutor(
+        {
+          maxNumberOfRetries: 3,
+          retryIntervalStrategy: RetryIntervalStrategy.Exponential_With_Jitter,
+        }
+      );
+
+      //Act
+      const httpResult =
+        await retryPolicyExecutor.ExecutePolicyAsync<ComplexObject>(
+          axios.get("/complex")
+        );
+
+      //Assert
+      expect(httpResult.data).toBeNull();
+      expect(httpResult.error).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(httpResult.error?.reason).toBe("retry");
+      expect(httpResult.error?.message).toBe(
+        `The http status code of the response indicates that a retry shoudldn't happen. Status code received: ${httpStatusCode}`
+      );
+    });
+  }
+
+  const customNonValidHttpStatusCodesForRetry = [404, 500, 503];
+
+  for (let httpStatusCode of customNonValidHttpStatusCodesForRetry) {
+    test("using custom non-valid http status code for retry", async () => {
+      axiosMock = new MockAdapter(axios);
+
+      axiosMock.onGet("/complex").reply(httpStatusCode);
+
+      const retryPolicyExecutor = PolicyExecutorFactory.createRetryHttpExecutor(
+        {
+          maxNumberOfRetries: 3,
+          retryIntervalStrategy: RetryIntervalStrategy.Exponential_With_Jitter,
+          excludeRetriesOnStatusCodes: customNonValidHttpStatusCodesForRetry,
+        }
+      );
+
+      //Act
+      const httpResult =
+        await retryPolicyExecutor.ExecutePolicyAsync<ComplexObject>(
+          axios.get("/complex")
+        );
+
+      //Assert
+      expect(httpResult.data).toBeNull();
+      expect(httpResult.error).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(httpResult.error?.reason).toBe("retry");
+      expect(httpResult.error?.message).toBe(
+        `The http status code of the response indicates that a retry shoudldn't happen. Status code received: ${httpStatusCode}`
+      );
+    });
+  }
+});
diff --git a/test/timeout/timeout-policy-executor.unit.spec.ts b/test/timeout/timeout-policy-executor.unit.spec.ts
index 598c74e..f976652 100644
--- a/test/timeout/timeout-policy-executor.unit.spec.ts
+++ b/test/timeout/timeout-policy-executor.unit.spec.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,6 @@ describe("Timeout", () => {
         },
       })
     );
-    expect(httpResult.error).toBeNull();
+    expect(httpResult.error).toBeUndefined();
   });
 });