diff --git a/posthog/hogql_queries/insights/funnels/base.py b/posthog/hogql_queries/insights/funnels/base.py
index 330ad3bf804e7..18992e36c88cc 100644
--- a/posthog/hogql_queries/insights/funnels/base.py
+++ b/posthog/hogql_queries/insights/funnels/base.py
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ def _get_breakdown_expr(self) -> ast.Expr:
         elif breakdownType == "data_warehouse_person_property" and isinstance(breakdown, str):
             return ast.Field(chain=["person", *breakdown.split(".")])
         else:
-            raise ExposedHogQLError(detail=f"Unsupported breakdown type: {breakdownType}")
+            raise ExposedHogQLError(f"Unsupported breakdown type: {breakdownType}")
 
     def _format_results(
         self, results
diff --git a/posthog/hogql_queries/insights/funnels/test/test_funnel.py b/posthog/hogql_queries/insights/funnels/test/test_funnel.py
index 77033100a5009..e8fbcadb6582f 100644
--- a/posthog/hogql_queries/insights/funnels/test/test_funnel.py
+++ b/posthog/hogql_queries/insights/funnels/test/test_funnel.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from posthog.api.instance_settings import get_instance_setting
 from posthog.clickhouse.client.execute import sync_execute
 from posthog.constants import INSIGHT_FUNNELS, FunnelOrderType, FunnelVizType
+from posthog.hogql.errors import ExposedHogQLError
 from posthog.hogql.modifiers import create_default_modifiers_for_team
 from posthog.hogql.query import execute_hogql_query
 from posthog.hogql_queries.actors_query_runner import ActorsQueryRunner
@@ -1942,7 +1943,7 @@ def test_funnel_exclusions_invalid_params(self):
                 ],
             }
             query = cast(FunnelsQuery, filter_to_query(filters))
-            self.assertRaises(ValidationError, lambda: FunnelsQueryRunner(query=query, team=self.team).calculate())
+            self.assertRaises(ExposedHogQLError, lambda: FunnelsQueryRunner(query=query, team=self.team).calculate())
 
         def test_funnel_exclusion_no_end_event(self):
             filters = {
diff --git a/posthog/hogql_queries/insights/funnels/test/test_funnel_correlation.py b/posthog/hogql_queries/insights/funnels/test/test_funnel_correlation.py
index da85943dcd894..1fa091b76f9af 100644
--- a/posthog/hogql_queries/insights/funnels/test/test_funnel_correlation.py
+++ b/posthog/hogql_queries/insights/funnels/test/test_funnel_correlation.py
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 import unittest
 
 from freezegun import freeze_time
-from rest_framework.exceptions import ValidationError
 
 from posthog.constants import INSIGHT_FUNNELS
+from posthog.hogql.errors import ExposedHogQLError
 from posthog.hogql_queries.insights.funnels.funnel_correlation_query_runner import (
     EventContingencyTable,
     EventStats,
@@ -1189,14 +1189,14 @@ def test_correlation_with_properties_raises_validation_error(self):
         )
         flush_persons_and_events()
 
-        with self.assertRaises(ValidationError):
+        with self.assertRaises(ExposedHogQLError):
             self._get_events_for_filters(
                 filters,
                 funnelCorrelationType=FunnelCorrelationResultsType.PROPERTIES,
                 # funnelCorrelationNames=["$browser"] -- missing
             )
 
-        with self.assertRaises(ValidationError):
+        with self.assertRaises(ExposedHogQLError):
             self._get_events_for_filters(
                 filters,
                 funnelCorrelationType=FunnelCorrelationResultsType.EVENT_WITH_PROPERTIES,
diff --git a/posthog/hogql_queries/insights/funnels/test/test_funnel_unordered.py b/posthog/hogql_queries/insights/funnels/test/test_funnel_unordered.py
index e7596024d8b83..54b4b3c0c7d1a 100644
--- a/posthog/hogql_queries/insights/funnels/test/test_funnel_unordered.py
+++ b/posthog/hogql_queries/insights/funnels/test/test_funnel_unordered.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from rest_framework.exceptions import ValidationError
 
 from posthog.constants import INSIGHT_FUNNELS, FunnelOrderType
+from posthog.hogql.errors import ExposedHogQLError
 from posthog.hogql_queries.insights.funnels.funnels_query_runner import FunnelsQueryRunner
 from posthog.hogql_queries.legacy_compatibility.filter_to_query import filter_to_query
 
@@ -1147,7 +1148,7 @@ def test_funnel_exclusions_invalid_params(self):
         }
 
         query = cast(FunnelsQuery, filter_to_query(filters))
-        self.assertRaises(ValidationError, lambda: FunnelsQueryRunner(query=query, team=self.team).calculate())
+        self.assertRaises(ExposedHogQLError, lambda: FunnelsQueryRunner(query=query, team=self.team).calculate())
 
     def test_funnel_exclusions_full_window(self):
         filters = {