diff --git a/pkg/kube/ready.go b/pkg/kube/ready.go
index 584b8853a..3759554c3 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/ready.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/ready.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package kube // import "helm.sh/helm/v4/pkg/kube"
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
@@ -41,6 +42,12 @@ import (
 // ReadyCheckerOption is a function that configures a ReadyChecker.
 type ReadyCheckerOption func(*ReadyChecker)
 
+var ErrJobFailed = errors.New("job is failed")
+
+var TerminalErrors = []error{
+	ErrJobFailed,
+}
+
 // PausedAsReady returns a ReadyCheckerOption that configures a ReadyChecker
 // to consider paused resources to be ready. For example a Deployment
 // with spec.paused equal to true would be considered ready.
@@ -241,7 +248,7 @@ func (c *ReadyChecker) jobReady(job *batchv1.Job) (bool, error) {
 	if job.Status.Failed > *job.Spec.BackoffLimit {
 		c.log("Job is failed: %s/%s", job.GetNamespace(), job.GetName())
 		// If a job is failed, it can't recover, so throw an error
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("job is failed: %s/%s", job.GetNamespace(), job.GetName())
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s/%s", ErrJobFailed, job.GetNamespace(), job.GetName())
 	}
 	if job.Spec.Completions != nil && job.Status.Succeeded < *job.Spec.Completions {
 		c.log("Job is not completed: %s/%s", job.GetNamespace(), job.GetName())
diff --git a/pkg/kube/wait.go b/pkg/kube/wait.go
index 7eb931496..b37715be5 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/wait.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/wait.go
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ func (w *waiter) isRetryableError(err error, resource *resource.Info) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 	w.log("Error received when checking status of resource %s. Error: '%s', Resource details: '%s'", resource.Name, err, resource)
+	for _, terminalError := range TerminalErrors {
+		if errors.Is(err, terminalError) {
+			w.log("Retryable error? %t", false)
+			return false
+		}
+	}
 	if ev, ok := err.(*apierrors.StatusError); ok {
 		statusCode := ev.Status().Code
 		retryable := w.isRetryableHTTPStatusCode(statusCode)