diff --git a/jira/resilientsession.py b/jira/resilientsession.py
index 39ce7643d..9c1a7c7c1 100644
--- a/jira/resilientsession.py
+++ b/jira/resilientsession.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def parse_errors(resp: Response) -> list[str]:
         error_messages = resp_data["errorMessages"]
         if len(error_messages) > 0:
             if isinstance(error_messages, list | tuple):
-                parsed_errors = list(error_messages)
+                parsed_errors = [str(e) for e in error_messages if e is not None]
             else:
                 parsed_errors = [error_messages]
     if "errors" in resp_data:
diff --git a/tests/test_resilientsession.py b/tests/test_resilientsession.py
index 2d0ed9047..938ce11fb 100644
--- a/tests/test_resilientsession.py
+++ b/tests/test_resilientsession.py
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ def test_status_codes_retries(
         '{"errorMessages": [], "errors": {"code1": "err1", "code2": "err2"}}',
         ["err1", "err2"],
     ),
+    (500, {}, '{"errorMessages": [null], "errors": {}}', []),
+    (500, {}, '{"errorMessages": [null, "err1", null], "errors": {}}', ["err1"]),
 ]