diff --git a/src/fmu/sumo/uploader/_sumofile.py b/src/fmu/sumo/uploader/_sumofile.py
index 843d9eb..9bdb98f 100644
--- a/src/fmu/sumo/uploader/_sumofile.py
+++ b/src/fmu/sumo/uploader/_sumofile.py
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ def upload_to_sumo(self, sumo_parent_id, sumo_connection):
                 upload_response.update(
                     {
                         "status": "failed",
-                        "status_code": 500,
+                        "status_code": err.response.status_code,
                         "text": str(err),
                         "blob_upload_response_status_code": err.response.status_code,
                         "blob_upload_response_text": err.response.reason_phrase,