diff --git a/samza-core/src/main/java/org/apache/samza/storage/blobstore/util/BlobStoreUtil.java b/samza-core/src/main/java/org/apache/samza/storage/blobstore/util/BlobStoreUtil.java
index 327eb7f33c..bdacbd4476 100644
--- a/samza-core/src/main/java/org/apache/samza/storage/blobstore/util/BlobStoreUtil.java
+++ b/samza-core/src/main/java/org/apache/samza/storage/blobstore/util/BlobStoreUtil.java
@@ -182,7 +182,13 @@ public CompletableFuture<SnapshotIndex> getSnapshotIndex(String blobId, Metadata
     return FutureUtil.executeAsyncWithRetries(opName, () -> {
       ByteArrayOutputStream indexBlobStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); // no need to close ByteArrayOutputStream
       return blobStoreManager.get(blobId, indexBlobStream, metadata, getDeleted).toCompletableFuture()
-          .thenApplyAsync(f -> snapshotIndexSerde.fromBytes(indexBlobStream.toByteArray()), executor);
+          .thenApplyAsync(f -> {
+            try {
+              return snapshotIndexSerde.fromBytes(indexBlobStream.toByteArray());
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+              throw new SamzaException(String.format("Unable to deserialize SnapshotIndex bytes for blob ID: %s", blobId), e);
+            }
+          }, executor);
     }, isCauseNonRetriable(), executor, retryPolicyConfig);
   }