diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/.eslintrc.js b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/.eslintrc.js
index b284f20df26e9..d636e867bdb90 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/.eslintrc.js
@@ -4,5 +4,12 @@ baseConfig.parserOptions.project = __dirname + '/tsconfig.json';
 baseConfig.rules['import/no-extraneous-dependencies'] = ['error', { devDependencies: true, peerDependencies: true } ];
 baseConfig.rules['import/order'] = 'off';
 baseConfig.rules['@aws-cdk/invalid-cfn-imports'] = 'off';
+baseConfig.rules["@cdklabs/no-throw-default-error"] = ["error"];
+baseConfig.overrides.push({
+  files: ["./test/**"],
+  rules: {
+    "@cdklabs/no-throw-default-error": "off",
+  },
+});
 
 module.exports = baseConfig;
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/code.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/code.ts
index 3a8a11b2fac95..2c8c43cb6d9e2 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/code.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/code.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export class AssetCode extends Code {
     super();
 
     if (fs.lstatSync(this.path).isDirectory()) {
-      throw new Error(`Code path ${this.path} is a directory. Only files are supported`);
+      throw new cdk.UnscopedValidationError(`Code path ${this.path} is a directory. Only files are supported`);
     }
   }
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export class AssetCode extends Code {
         ...this.options,
       });
     } else if (cdk.Stack.of(this.asset) !== cdk.Stack.of(scope)) {
-      throw new Error(`Asset is already associated with another stack '${cdk.Stack.of(this.asset).stackName}'. ` +
+      throw new cdk.UnscopedValidationError(`Asset is already associated with another stack '${cdk.Stack.of(this.asset).stackName}'. ` +
         'Create a new Code instance for every stack.');
     }
     this.asset.grantRead(grantable);
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/database.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/database.ts
index 72043edffb74d..716df1c8b18b3 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/database.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/database.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ArnFormat, IResource, Lazy, Names, Resource, Stack } from 'aws-cdk-lib/core';
+import { ArnFormat, IResource, Lazy, Names, Resource, Stack, UnscopedValidationError } from 'aws-cdk-lib/core';
 import { Construct } from 'constructs';
 import { CfnDatabase } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-glue';
 import { addConstructMetadata } from 'aws-cdk-lib/core/lib/metadata-resource';
@@ -152,12 +152,12 @@ export class Database extends Resource implements IDatabase {
 
 function validateLocationUri(locationUri: string): void {
   if (locationUri.length < 1 || locationUri.length > 1024) {
-    throw new Error(`locationUri length must be (inclusively) between 1 and 1024, got ${locationUri.length}`);
+    throw new UnscopedValidationError(`locationUri length must be (inclusively) between 1 and 1024, got ${locationUri.length}`);
   }
 }
 
 function validateDescription(description: string): void {
   if (description.length > 2048) {
-    throw new Error(`description length must be less than or equal to 2048, got ${description.length}`);
+    throw new UnscopedValidationError(`description length must be less than or equal to 2048, got ${description.length}`);
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/external-table.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/external-table.ts
index d807d6e945334..b192387562cb2 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/external-table.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/external-table.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { Column } from './schema';
 import { PartitionIndex, TableBase, TableBaseProps } from './table-base';
 import { addConstructMetadata, MethodMetadata } from 'aws-cdk-lib/core/lib/metadata-resource';
 import { propertyInjectable } from 'aws-cdk-lib/core/lib/prop-injectable';
+import { ValidationError } from 'aws-cdk-lib';
 
 export interface ExternalTableProps extends TableBaseProps {
   /**
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ export class ExternalTable extends TableBase {
           },
           parameters: props.storageParameters ? props.storageParameters.reduce((acc, param) => {
             if (param.key in acc) {
-              throw new Error(`Duplicate storage parameter key: ${param.key}`);
+              throw new ValidationError(`Duplicate storage parameter key: ${param.key}`, this);
             }
             const key = param.key;
             acc[key] = param.value;
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/jobs/job.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/jobs/job.ts
index 4102e53068b70..9c3f4fb0e5fe7 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/jobs/job.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/jobs/job.ts
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ export abstract class Job extends JobBase {
       const reservedArgs = new Set(['--debug', '--mode', '--JOB_NAME']);
       Object.keys(defaultArguments).forEach((arg) => {
         if (reservedArgs.has(arg)) {
-          throw new Error(`The ${arg} argument is reserved by Glue. Don't set it`);
+          throw new cdk.ValidationError(`The ${arg} argument is reserved by Glue. Don't set it`, this);
         }
       });
     }
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/jobs/ray-job.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/jobs/ray-job.ts
index 4da14d3de50be..19084c4970d64 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/jobs/ray-job.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/jobs/ray-job.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { Construct } from 'constructs';
 import { JobType, GlueVersion, WorkerType, Runtime } from '../constants';
 import { addConstructMetadata } from 'aws-cdk-lib/core/lib/metadata-resource';
 import { propertyInjectable } from 'aws-cdk-lib/core/lib/prop-injectable';
+import { ValidationError } from 'aws-cdk-lib/core';
 
 /**
  * Properties for creating a Ray Glue job
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ export class RayJob extends Job {
     };
 
     if (props.workerType && props.workerType !== WorkerType.Z_2X) {
-      throw new Error('Ray jobs only support Z.2X worker type');
+      throw new ValidationError('Ray jobs only support Z.2X worker type', this);
     }
 
     const jobResource = new CfnJob(this, 'Resource', {
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/jobs/scala-spark-etl-job.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/jobs/scala-spark-etl-job.ts
index 43841741c37bc..9370ae505c598 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/jobs/scala-spark-etl-job.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/jobs/scala-spark-etl-job.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { Code } from '../code';
 import { SparkJob, SparkJobProps } from './spark-job';
 import { addConstructMetadata } from 'aws-cdk-lib/core/lib/metadata-resource';
 import { propertyInjectable } from 'aws-cdk-lib/core/lib/prop-injectable';
+import { ValidationError } from 'aws-cdk-lib/core';
 
 /**
  * Properties for creating a Scala Spark ETL job
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ export class ScalaSparkEtlJob extends SparkJob {
     };
 
     if ((!props.workerType && props.numberOfWorkers !== undefined) || (props.workerType && props.numberOfWorkers === undefined)) {
-      throw new Error('Both workerType and numberOfWorkers must be set');
+      throw new ValidationError('Both workerType and numberOfWorkers must be set', this);
     }
 
     const jobResource = new CfnJob(this, 'Resource', {
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/jobs/scala-spark-streaming-job.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/jobs/scala-spark-streaming-job.ts
index 85c09836cd09f..d1af5623fe525 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/jobs/scala-spark-streaming-job.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/jobs/scala-spark-streaming-job.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { Code } from '../code';
 import { SparkJob, SparkJobProps } from './spark-job';
 import { addConstructMetadata } from 'aws-cdk-lib/core/lib/metadata-resource';
 import { propertyInjectable } from 'aws-cdk-lib/core/lib/prop-injectable';
+import { ValidationError } from 'aws-cdk-lib/core';
 
 /**
  * Properties for creating a Scala Spark ETL job
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ export class ScalaSparkStreamingJob extends SparkJob {
     };
 
     if ((!props.workerType && props.numberOfWorkers !== undefined) || (props.workerType && props.numberOfWorkers === undefined)) {
-      throw new Error('Both workerType and numberOfWorkers must be set');
+      throw new ValidationError('Both workerType and numberOfWorkers must be set', this);
     }
 
     const jobResource = new CfnJob(this, 'Resource', {
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/jobs/spark-job.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/jobs/spark-job.ts
index 9e1ceaaa203bb..f54359c9b8ab2 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/jobs/spark-job.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/jobs/spark-job.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { addConstructMetadata } from 'aws-cdk-lib/core/lib/metadata-resource';
 import * as constructs from 'constructs';
 import { Code } from '../code';
 import { Job, JobProps } from './job';
-import { Token } from 'aws-cdk-lib';
+import { Token, UnscopedValidationError } from 'aws-cdk-lib';
 import { EOL } from 'os';
 
 /**
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ function validateSparkUiPrefix(prefix?: string): void {
   }
 
   if (errors.length > 0) {
-    throw new Error(`Invalid prefix format (value: ${prefix})${EOL}${errors.join(EOL)}`);
+    throw new UnscopedValidationError(`Invalid prefix format (value: ${prefix})${EOL}${errors.join(EOL)}`);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/s3-table.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/s3-table.ts
index 86d72a5c5272d..90f23af751b36 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/s3-table.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/s3-table.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { Column } from './schema';
 import { PartitionIndex, TableBase, TableBaseProps } from './table-base';
 import { addConstructMetadata, MethodMetadata } from 'aws-cdk-lib/core/lib/metadata-resource';
 import { propertyInjectable } from 'aws-cdk-lib/core/lib/prop-injectable';
+import { UnscopedValidationError, ValidationError } from 'aws-cdk-lib';
 
 /**
  * Encryption options for a Table.
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ export class S3Table extends TableBase {
           },
           parameters: props.storageParameters ? props.storageParameters.reduce((acc, param) => {
             if (param.key in acc) {
-              throw new Error(`Duplicate storage parameter key: ${param.key}`);
+              throw new ValidationError(`Duplicate storage parameter key: ${param.key}`, this);
             }
             const key = param.key;
             acc[key] = param.value;
@@ -264,7 +265,7 @@ function createBucket(table: S3Table, props: S3TableProps) {
   let bucket = props.bucket;
 
   if (bucket && (props.encryption !== undefined && props.encryption !== TableEncryption.CLIENT_SIDE_KMS)) {
-    throw new Error('you can not specify encryption settings if you also provide a bucket');
+    throw new UnscopedValidationError('you can not specify encryption settings if you also provide a bucket');
   }
 
   const encryption = props.encryption || TableEncryption.S3_MANAGED;
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/schema.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/schema.ts
index aba682da7e0df..2f000daa4e0db 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/schema.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { UnscopedValidationError } from 'aws-cdk-lib';
+
 /**
  * A column of a table.
  */
@@ -137,10 +139,10 @@ export class Schema {
    */
   public static char(length: number): Type {
     if (length <= 0 || length > 255) {
-      throw new Error(`char length must be (inclusively) between 1 and 255, but was ${length}`);
+      throw new UnscopedValidationError(`char length must be (inclusively) between 1 and 255, but was ${length}`);
     }
     if (length % 1 !== 0) {
-      throw new Error(`char length must be a positive integer, was ${length}`);
+      throw new UnscopedValidationError(`char length must be a positive integer, was ${length}`);
     }
     return {
       isPrimitive: true,
@@ -155,10 +157,10 @@ export class Schema {
    */
   public static varchar(length: number): Type {
     if (length <= 0 || length > 65535) {
-      throw new Error(`varchar length must be (inclusively) between 1 and 65535, but was ${length}`);
+      throw new UnscopedValidationError(`varchar length must be (inclusively) between 1 and 65535, but was ${length}`);
     }
     if (length % 1 !== 0) {
-      throw new Error(`varchar length must be a positive integer, was ${length}`);
+      throw new UnscopedValidationError(`varchar length must be a positive integer, was ${length}`);
     }
     return {
       isPrimitive: true,
@@ -186,7 +188,7 @@ export class Schema {
    */
   public static map(keyType: Type, valueType: Type): Type {
     if (!keyType.isPrimitive) {
-      throw new Error(`the key type of a 'map' must be a primitive, but was ${keyType.inputString}`);
+      throw new UnscopedValidationError(`the key type of a 'map' must be a primitive, but was ${keyType.inputString}`);
     }
     return {
       isPrimitive: false,
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/security-configuration.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/security-configuration.ts
index 266e277c434d2..392a3011ea801 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/security-configuration.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/security-configuration.ts
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ export class SecurityConfiguration extends cdk.Resource implements ISecurityConf
     addConstructMetadata(this, props);
 
     if (!props.s3Encryption && !props.cloudWatchEncryption && !props.jobBookmarksEncryption) {
-      throw new Error('One of cloudWatchEncryption, jobBookmarksEncryption or s3Encryption must be defined');
+      throw new cdk.ValidationError('One of cloudWatchEncryption, jobBookmarksEncryption or s3Encryption must be defined', this);
     }
 
     const kmsKeyCreationRequired =
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/table-base.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/table-base.ts
index 5172909b866d8..e423b99419c92 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/table-base.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/table-base.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { CfnTable } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-glue';
 import * as iam from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-iam';
-import { ArnFormat, Fn, IResource, Lazy, Names, Resource, Stack } from 'aws-cdk-lib/core';
+import { ArnFormat, Fn, IResource, Lazy, Names, Resource, Stack, UnscopedValidationError, ValidationError } from 'aws-cdk-lib/core';
 import * as cr from 'aws-cdk-lib/custom-resources';
 import { AwsCustomResource } from 'aws-cdk-lib/custom-resources';
 import { Construct } from 'constructs';
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ export abstract class TableBase extends Resource implements ITable {
   public addPartitionIndex(index: PartitionIndex) {
     const numPartitions = this.partitionIndexCustomResources.length;
     if (numPartitions >= 3) {
-      throw new Error('Maximum number of partition indexes allowed is 3');
+      throw new ValidationError('Maximum number of partition indexes allowed is 3', this);
     }
     this.validatePartitionIndex(index);
 
@@ -316,14 +316,14 @@ export abstract class TableBase extends Resource implements ITable {
 
   private validatePartitionIndex(index: PartitionIndex) {
     if (index.indexName !== undefined && (index.indexName.length < 1 || index.indexName.length > 255)) {
-      throw new Error(`Index name must be between 1 and 255 characters, but got ${index.indexName.length}`);
+      throw new ValidationError(`Index name must be between 1 and 255 characters, but got ${index.indexName.length}`, this);
     }
     if (!this.partitionKeys || this.partitionKeys.length === 0) {
-      throw new Error('The table must have partition keys to create a partition index');
+      throw new ValidationError('The table must have partition keys to create a partition index', this);
     }
     const keyNames = this.partitionKeys.map(pk => pk.name);
     if (!index.keyNames.every(k => keyNames.includes(k))) {
-      throw new Error(`All index keys must also be partition keys. Got ${index.keyNames} but partition key names are ${keyNames}`);
+      throw new ValidationError(`All index keys must also be partition keys. Got ${index.keyNames} but partition key names are ${keyNames}`, this);
     }
   }
 
@@ -357,13 +357,13 @@ export abstract class TableBase extends Resource implements ITable {
 
 function validateSchema(columns: Column[], partitionKeys?: Column[]): void {
   if (columns.length === 0) {
-    throw new Error('you must specify at least one column for the table');
+    throw new UnscopedValidationError('you must specify at least one column for the table');
   }
   // Check there is at least one column and no duplicated column names or partition keys.
   const names = new Set<string>();
   (columns.concat(partitionKeys || [])).forEach(column => {
     if (names.has(column.name)) {
-      throw new Error(`column names and partition keys must be unique, but \'${column.name}\' is duplicated`);
+      throw new UnscopedValidationError(`column names and partition keys must be unique, but \'${column.name}\' is duplicated`);
     }
     names.add(column.name);
   });
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/triggers/workflow.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/triggers/workflow.ts
index c8cfd4e3dfd76..d1ef141fa3c95 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/triggers/workflow.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/triggers/workflow.ts
@@ -266,9 +266,9 @@ export abstract class WorkflowBase extends cdk.Resource implements IWorkflow {
   private renderAction(action: Action): CfnTrigger.ActionProperty {
     // Validate that either job or crawler is provided, but not both
     if (!action.job && !action.crawler) {
-      throw new Error('You must provide either a job or a crawler for the action.');
+      throw new cdk.ValidationError('You must provide either a job or a crawler for the action.', this);
     } else if (action.job && action.crawler) {
-      throw new Error('You cannot provide both a job and a crawler for the action.');
+      throw new cdk.ValidationError('You cannot provide both a job and a crawler for the action.', this);
     }
 
     return {
@@ -284,19 +284,19 @@ export abstract class WorkflowBase extends cdk.Resource implements IWorkflow {
     const conditions = props.predicate.conditions?.map(condition => {
       // Validate that either job or crawler is provided, but not both
       if (!condition.job && !condition.crawlerName) {
-        throw new Error('You must provide either a job or a crawler for the condition.');
+        throw new cdk.ValidationError('You must provide either a job or a crawler for the condition.', this);
       } else if (condition.job && condition.crawlerName) {
-        throw new Error('You cannot provide both a job and a crawler for the condition.');
+        throw new cdk.ValidationError('You cannot provide both a job and a crawler for the condition.', this);
       }
 
       // Validate that if job is provided, job state is also provided
       if (condition.job && !condition.state) {
-        throw new Error('If you provide a job for the condition, you must also provide a job state.');
+        throw new cdk.ValidationError('If you provide a job for the condition, you must also provide a job state.', this);
       }
 
       // Validate that if crawler is provided, crawler state is also provided
       if (condition.crawlerName && !condition.crawlState) {
-        throw new Error('If you provide a crawler for the condition, you must also provide a crawler state.');
+        throw new cdk.ValidationError('If you provide a crawler for the condition, you must also provide a crawler state.', this);
       }
 
       return {