diff --git a/pkg/querier/vcs/client/github.go b/pkg/querier/vcs/client/github.go
index 670e0131be..ca307d89a8 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/vcs/client/github.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/vcs/client/github.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/oauth2"
 
 	vcsv1 "github.com/grafana/pyroscope/api/gen/proto/go/vcs/v1"
+	"github.com/grafana/pyroscope/pkg/util/connectgrpc"
 )
 
 // GithubClient returns a github client.
@@ -28,6 +29,11 @@ type githubClient struct {
 func (gh *githubClient) GetCommit(ctx context.Context, owner, repo, ref string) (*vcsv1.GetCommitResponse, error) {
 	commit, _, err := gh.client.Repositories.GetCommit(ctx, owner, repo, ref, nil)
 	if err != nil {
+		var githubErr *github.ErrorResponse
+		if errors.As(err, &githubErr) {
+			code := connectgrpc.HTTPToCode(int32(githubErr.Response.StatusCode))
+			return nil, connect.NewError(code, err)
+		}
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/querier/vcs/service.go b/pkg/querier/vcs/service.go
index 5ee3c7fba6..4232eabf10 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/vcs/service.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/vcs/service.go
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func (q *Service) GetCommit(ctx context.Context, req *connect.Request[vcsv1.GetC
 
 	commit, err := q.tryGetCommit(ctx, ghClient, owner, repo, ref)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, client.MapErrorToConnectCode(err)
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	return connect.NewResponse(commit), nil