diff --git a/packages/storage_client/lib/src/types.dart b/packages/storage_client/lib/src/types.dart
index 7bd496e8c..0616d29cb 100644
--- a/packages/storage_client/lib/src/types.dart
+++ b/packages/storage_client/lib/src/types.dart
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ class StorageException implements Exception {
       StorageException(
         json['message'] as String? ?? json.toString(),
         error: json['error'] as String?,
-        statusCode: (json['statusCode'] as String?) ?? statusCode,
+        statusCode: json['statusCode']?.toString() ?? statusCode,
       );
 
   @override
diff --git a/packages/storage_client/test/client_test.dart b/packages/storage_client/test/client_test.dart
index 3bd8fe908..f140314ef 100644
--- a/packages/storage_client/test/client_test.dart
+++ b/packages/storage_client/test/client_test.dart
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ void main() {
         await storage.from('bucket2').download(uploadPath);
         fail('File that does not exist was found');
       } on StorageException catch (error) {
-        expect(error.statusCode, '400');
+        expect(error.statusCode, '404');
       }
       await storage
           .from(newBucketName)
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ void main() {
         await storage.from('bucket2').download('$uploadPath 3');
         fail('File that does not exist was found');
       } on StorageException catch (error) {
-        expect(error.statusCode, '400');
+        expect(error.statusCode, '404');
       }
       await storage
           .from(newBucketName)
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ void main() {
         await storage.from(newBucketName).download(uploadPath);
         fail('File that was moved was found');
       } on StorageException catch (error) {
-        expect(error.statusCode, '400');
+        expect(error.statusCode, '404');
       }
     });
   });