diff --git a/providers/amazon/src/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/operators/sagemaker.py b/providers/amazon/src/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/operators/sagemaker.py
index ebafeb850657f..84918bd75f675 100644
--- a/providers/amazon/src/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/operators/sagemaker.py
+++ b/providers/amazon/src/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/operators/sagemaker.py
@@ -852,6 +852,9 @@ def _check_if_model_exists(self, model_name: str, describe_func: Callable[[str],
     def execute_complete(self, context: Context, event: dict[str, Any] | None = None) -> dict[str, dict]:
         validated_event = validate_execute_complete_event(event)
 
+        if validated_event["status"] != "success":
+            raise RuntimeError(f"Error while running transform job: {validated_event}")
+
         self.log.info("SageMaker job %s completed.", validated_event["job_name"])
         return self.serialize_result(validated_event["job_name"])
 
diff --git a/providers/amazon/tests/unit/amazon/aws/operators/test_sagemaker_transform.py b/providers/amazon/tests/unit/amazon/aws/operators/test_sagemaker_transform.py
index 40c86115c48e8..de8ed7841e856 100644
--- a/providers/amazon/tests/unit/amazon/aws/operators/test_sagemaker_transform.py
+++ b/providers/amazon/tests/unit/amazon/aws/operators/test_sagemaker_transform.py
@@ -341,6 +341,33 @@ def test_operator_failed_before_defer(self, _, mock_transform, mock_describe_tra
             self.sagemaker.execute(context=None)
         assert not mock_defer.called
 
+    @mock.patch.object(sagemaker, "serialize", return_value="")
+    @mock.patch.object(SageMakerHook, "describe_model", return_value={"ModelName": "model_name"})
+    @mock.patch.object(
+        SageMakerHook,
+        "describe_transform_job",
+        return_value={
+            "ModelName": "model_name",
+            "TransformJobStatus": "Failed",
+            "FailureReason": "it failed",
+        },
+    )
+    def test_execute_complete_raises_when_job_failed_during_deferred_wait(
+        self, mock_describe_transform_job, mock_describe_model, mock_serialize
+    ):
+        # When the transform job fails during the deferred wait, the trigger (an
+        # AwsBaseWaiterTrigger) yields {"status": "error", ...} instead of raising, so
+        # execute_complete must reject a non-success status rather than report the task as
+        # successful — matching every other SageMaker operator's execute_complete.
+        event = {
+            "status": "error",
+            "message": "Error while waiting for transform job: terminal failure",
+            "job_name": "job_name",
+        }
+
+        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="Error while running transform job"):
+            self.sagemaker.execute_complete(context=None, event=event)
+
     @mock.patch("airflow.providers.amazon.aws.operators.sagemaker.SageMakerTransformOperator.defer")
     @mock.patch.object(SageMakerHook, "describe_model")
     @mock.patch.object(