diff --git a/aws_lambda_powertools/utilities/parser/parser.py b/aws_lambda_powertools/utilities/parser/parser.py
index 3d2f236c75e..fd0b298bd7f 100644
--- a/aws_lambda_powertools/utilities/parser/parser.py
+++ b/aws_lambda_powertools/utilities/parser/parser.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import typing
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, overload
 
-from pydantic import PydanticSchemaGenerationError, ValidationError
+from pydantic import PydanticSchemaGenerationError
 
 from aws_lambda_powertools.middleware_factory import lambda_handler_decorator
 from aws_lambda_powertools.utilities.parser.exceptions import InvalidEnvelopeError, InvalidModelTypeError
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def handler(event: Order, context: LambdaContext):
 
         logger.debug(f"Calling handler {handler.__name__}")
         return handler(parsed_event, context, **kwargs)
-    except (ValidationError, AttributeError) as exc:
+    except AttributeError as exc:
         raise InvalidModelTypeError(f"Error: {str(exc)}. Please ensure the type you're trying to parse into is correct")
 
 
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ def handler(event: Order, context: LambdaContext):
     # when we pass a data structure that does not match the model (trying to parse a true/false/etc into a model)
     except PydanticSchemaGenerationError as exc:
         raise InvalidModelTypeError(f"The event supplied is unable to be validated into {type(model)}") from exc
-    except ValidationError as exc:
+    except AttributeError as exc:
         raise InvalidModelTypeError(
             f"Error: {str(exc)}. Please ensure the Input model inherits from BaseModel,\n"
             "and your payload adheres to the specified Input model structure.\n"
diff --git a/tests/functional/parser/test_parser.py b/tests/functional/parser/test_parser.py
index 15ac834256b..d4208c203a2 100644
--- a/tests/functional/parser/test_parser.py
+++ b/tests/functional/parser/test_parser.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import pydantic
 import pytest
+from pydantic import ValidationError
 from typing_extensions import Annotated
 
 from aws_lambda_powertools.utilities.parser import (
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ def test_parser_unsupported_event(dummy_schema, invalid_value):
     def handle_no_envelope(event: Dict, _: LambdaContext):
         return event
 
-    with pytest.raises(exceptions.InvalidModelTypeError):
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
         handle_no_envelope(event=invalid_value, context=LambdaContext())
 
 
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ def validate_field(cls, value):
     assert event_parsed.version == int(event_raw["version"])
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("invalid_schema", [str, False, [], ()])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("invalid_schema", [False, [], ()])
 def test_parser_with_invalid_schema_type(dummy_event, invalid_schema):
     @event_parser(model=invalid_schema)
     def handle_no_envelope(event: Dict, _: LambdaContext):
@@ -120,6 +121,15 @@ def handler(evt: dummy_schema, _: LambdaContext):
     handler(dummy_event["payload"], LambdaContext())
 
 
+def test_parser_event_with_payload_not_match_schema(dummy_event, dummy_schema):
+    @event_parser(model=dummy_schema)
+    def handler(event, _):
+        assert event.message == "hello world"
+
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+        handler({"project": "powertools"}, LambdaContext())
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "test_input,expected",
     [