diff --git a/geonode/upload/handlers/xlsx/handler.py b/geonode/upload/handlers/xlsx/handler.py
index 384a37b324e..c6e3abf59cf 100644
--- a/geonode/upload/handlers/xlsx/handler.py
+++ b/geonode/upload/handlers/xlsx/handler.py
@@ -236,9 +236,13 @@ def pre_processing(self, files, execution_id, **kwargs):
             # Note: rows_gen continues from the row after the headers
             self._convert_to_csv(headers, rows_gen, output_file)
 
+        except InvalidInputFileException as e:
+            logger.exception(f"XLSX Pre-processing failed: {e}")
+            raise
+
         except Exception as e:
-            logger.exception("XLSX Pre-processing failed")
-            raise InvalidInputFileException(detail=f"Failed to securely parse Excel: {str(e)}")
+            logger.exception(f"XLSX Pre-processing failed: {e}")
+            raise InvalidInputFileException(detail="Failed to parse Excel.")
 
         # update the file path in the payload
         _data["files"]["base_file"] = output_file
diff --git a/geonode/upload/handlers/xlsx/tests.py b/geonode/upload/handlers/xlsx/tests.py
index fb432f799b0..6eafb1334d4 100644
--- a/geonode/upload/handlers/xlsx/tests.py
+++ b/geonode/upload/handlers/xlsx/tests.py
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ def test_pre_processing_fails_on_missing_lat(self, mock_get_exec):
         ):
             with self.assertRaises(InvalidInputFileException) as context:
                 self.handler.pre_processing(files, exec_id)
-
             self.assertIn("geometry headers", str(context.exception))
 
     @patch("geonode.upload.orchestrator.orchestrator.get_execution_object")
@@ -158,7 +157,7 @@ def test_security_billion_laughs_protection(self):
                 with self.assertRaises(InvalidInputFileException) as context:
                     self.handler.pre_processing(files, exec_id)
 
-                self.assertIn("Failed to securely parse Excel", str(context.exception))
+                self.assertIn("Failed to parse Excel", str(context.exception))
         finally:
             if os.path.exists(malicious_path):
                 os.remove(malicious_path)