diff --git a/packages/gitbook/src/lib/openapi/fetch.ts b/packages/gitbook/src/lib/openapi/fetch.ts
index 935d158d4..badf167f5 100644
--- a/packages/gitbook/src/lib/openapi/fetch.ts
+++ b/packages/gitbook/src/lib/openapi/fetch.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import { parseOpenAPI } from '@gitbook/openapi-parser';
+import { OpenAPIParseError, parseOpenAPI } from '@gitbook/openapi-parser';
 
 import { noCacheFetchOptions } from '@/lib/data';
 import { resolveContentRef } from '@/lib/references';
+import { unstable_cacheLife as cacheLife } from 'next/cache';
 import { assert } from 'ts-essentials';
 import { enrichFilesystem } from './enrich';
 import type {
@@ -37,6 +38,10 @@ export async function fetchOpenAPIFilesystem(
         return fetchFilesystem(resolved.href);
     })();
 
+    if ('error' in filesystem) {
+        throw new OpenAPIParseError(filesystem.error.message, { code: filesystem.error.code });
+    }
+
     return {
         filesystem,
         specUrl: resolved.href,
@@ -45,7 +50,17 @@ export async function fetchOpenAPIFilesystem(
 
 const fetchFilesystem = async (url: string) => {
     'use cache';
-    return fetchFilesystemUncached(url);
+    try {
+        return await fetchFilesystemUncached(url);
+    } catch (error) {
+        // Throwing an error inside a "use cache" function obfuscates the error,
+        // so we need to handle it here and recreates the error outside the cache function.
+        if (error instanceof OpenAPIParseError) {
+            cacheLife('seconds');
+            return { error: { code: error.code, message: error.message } };
+        }
+        throw error;
+    }
 };
 
 async function fetchFilesystemUncached(
diff --git a/packages/gitbook/src/lib/openapi/resolveOpenAPIOperationBlock.ts b/packages/gitbook/src/lib/openapi/resolveOpenAPIOperationBlock.ts
index fb0ef3283..fa980bd53 100644
--- a/packages/gitbook/src/lib/openapi/resolveOpenAPIOperationBlock.ts
+++ b/packages/gitbook/src/lib/openapi/resolveOpenAPIOperationBlock.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { fetchOpenAPIFilesystem } from '@/lib/openapi/fetch';
-import type { OpenAPIParseError } from '@gitbook/openapi-parser';
+import { OpenAPIParseError } from '@gitbook/openapi-parser';
 import { type OpenAPIOperationData, resolveOpenAPIOperation } from '@gitbook/react-openapi';
 import type {
     AnyOpenAPIOperationsBlock,
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ async function baseResolveOpenAPIOperationBlock(
 
         return { data, specUrl };
     } catch (error) {
-        if (error instanceof Error && error.name === 'OpenAPIParseError') {
-            return { error: error as OpenAPIParseError };
+        if (error instanceof OpenAPIParseError) {
+            return { error };
         }
 
         throw error;