diff --git a/src/v0/destinations/awin/transform.js b/src/v0/destinations/awin/transform.js
index 68dd9d62e1..0e1e220548 100644
--- a/src/v0/destinations/awin/transform.js
+++ b/src/v0/destinations/awin/transform.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const { BASE_URL, ConfigCategory, mappingConfig } = require('./config');
 const { defaultRequestConfig, constructPayload, simpleProcessRouterDest } = require('../../util');
 
 const { getParams, trackProduct, populateCustomTransactionProperties } = require('./utils');
+const { FilteredEventsError } = require('../../util/errorTypes');
 
 const responseBuilder = (message, { Config }) => {
   const { advertiserId, eventsToTrack, customFieldMap } = Config;
@@ -33,9 +34,9 @@ const responseBuilder = (message, { Config }) => {
         ...customTransactionProperties,
       };
     } else {
-      throw new InstrumentationError(
-        "Event is not present in 'Events to Track' list. Aborting message.",
-        400,
+      throw new FilteredEventsError(
+        "Event is not present in 'Events to Track' list. Dropping the event.",
+        298,
       );
     }
   }
diff --git a/test/integrations/destinations/awin/data.ts b/test/integrations/destinations/awin/data.ts
index 5a7fcfb50f..821b55637e 100644
--- a/test/integrations/destinations/awin/data.ts
+++ b/test/integrations/destinations/awin/data.ts
@@ -828,16 +828,14 @@ export const data = [
         status: 200,
         body: [
           {
-            error: "Event is not present in 'Events to Track' list. Aborting message.",
+            error: "Event is not present in 'Events to Track' list. Dropping the event.",
             statTags: {
               destType: 'AWIN',
-              errorCategory: 'dataValidation',
-              errorType: 'instrumentation',
               feature: 'processor',
               implementation: 'native',
               module: 'destination',
             },
-            statusCode: 400,
+            statusCode: 298,
           },
         ],
       },