diff --git a/ledger/participant-integration-api/src/main/scala/platform/apiserver/services/admin/ApiParticipantPruningService.scala b/ledger/participant-integration-api/src/main/scala/platform/apiserver/services/admin/ApiParticipantPruningService.scala
index 6f46773eda82..c15522dcb225 100644
--- a/ledger/participant-integration-api/src/main/scala/platform/apiserver/services/admin/ApiParticipantPruningService.scala
+++ b/ledger/participant-integration-api/src/main/scala/platform/apiserver/services/admin/ApiParticipantPruningService.scala
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import com.daml.platform.ApiOffset.ApiOffsetConverter
 import com.daml.platform.api.grpc.GrpcApiService
 import com.daml.platform.apiserver.services.logging
 import com.daml.platform.server.api.ValidationLogger
+import com.daml.platform.server.api.validation.ErrorFactories
 import io.grpc.{ServerServiceDefinition, StatusRuntimeException}
 
 import scala.concurrent.{ExecutionContext, Future}
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ final class ApiParticipantPruningService private (
       .prune(pruneUpTo, submissionId, pruneAllDivulgedContracts)
       .asScala
       .flatMap {
-        case NotPruned(status) => Future.failed(status.asRuntimeException())
+        case NotPruned(status) => Future.failed(ErrorFactories.grpcError(status))
         case ParticipantPruned =>
           logger.info(s"Pruned participant ledger up to ${pruneUpTo.toApiString} inclusively.")
           Future.successful(())
diff --git a/ledger/participant-state/kvutils/app/src/test/scala/com/daml/ledger/participant/state/kvutils/app/RunnerSpec.scala b/ledger/participant-state/kvutils/app/src/test/scala/com/daml/ledger/participant/state/kvutils/app/RunnerSpec.scala
index 75292349c263..8255fc3ac58a 100644
--- a/ledger/participant-state/kvutils/app/src/test/scala/com/daml/ledger/participant/state/kvutils/app/RunnerSpec.scala
+++ b/ledger/participant-state/kvutils/app/src/test/scala/com/daml/ledger/participant/state/kvutils/app/RunnerSpec.scala
@@ -333,7 +333,13 @@ object RunnerSpec {
                 submissionId: Ref.SubmissionId,
                 pruneAllDivulgedContracts: Boolean,
             ): CompletionStage[PruningResult] = CompletableFuture.completedFuture(
-              PruningResult.NotPruned(Status.UNIMPLEMENTED.withDescription("prune"))
+              PruningResult.NotPruned(
+                com.google.rpc.Status
+                  .newBuilder()
+                  .setCode(Status.UNIMPLEMENTED.getCode.value())
+                  .setMessage("prune")
+                  .build()
+              )
             )
           }
         })
diff --git a/ledger/participant-state/src/main/scala/com/daml/ledger/participant/state/v2/PruningResult.scala b/ledger/participant-state/src/main/scala/com/daml/ledger/participant/state/v2/PruningResult.scala
index 0b5b1082e475..9dc131b8f7af 100644
--- a/ledger/participant-state/src/main/scala/com/daml/ledger/participant/state/v2/PruningResult.scala
+++ b/ledger/participant-state/src/main/scala/com/daml/ledger/participant/state/v2/PruningResult.scala
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 package com.daml.ledger.participant.state.v2
 
-import io.grpc.Status
+import com.google.rpc.Status
 
 sealed trait PruningResult extends Product with Serializable