diff --git a/airbyte_cdk/sources/streams/http/http_client.py b/airbyte_cdk/sources/streams/http/http_client.py
index 3a0a62739a..8f70b6e352 100644
--- a/airbyte_cdk/sources/streams/http/http_client.py
+++ b/airbyte_cdk/sources/streams/http/http_client.py
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@
 )
 from airbyte_cdk.utils.traced_exception import AirbyteTracedException
 
+# Backward-compatible deprecated alias. This class was removed in PR #927 but is still
+# imported by connectors in the airbyte monorepo. Keep as a simple alias to
+# AirbyteTracedException until all downstream usages have been migrated.
+MessageRepresentationAirbyteTracedErrors = AirbyteTracedException
+
 BODY_REQUEST_METHODS = ("GET", "POST", "PUT", "PATCH")
 
 
diff --git a/unit_tests/sources/streams/http/test_http_client.py b/unit_tests/sources/streams/http/test_http_client.py
index ea245c2fb0..7dc8054b5f 100644
--- a/unit_tests/sources/streams/http/test_http_client.py
+++ b/unit_tests/sources/streams/http/test_http_client.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     RequestBodyException,
     UserDefinedBackoffException,
 )
+from airbyte_cdk.sources.streams.http.http_client import MessageRepresentationAirbyteTracedErrors
 from airbyte_cdk.sources.streams.http.requests_native_auth import TokenAuthenticator
 from airbyte_cdk.utils.traced_exception import AirbyteTracedException
 
@@ -1059,3 +1060,17 @@ def update_response(*args, **kwargs):
     assert mock_authenticator.access_token == "new_refreshed_token"
     assert returned_response == valid_response
     assert call_count == 2
+
+
+def test_deprecated_alias_message_representation_airbyte_traced_errors_is_importable():
+    """Verify that the deprecated alias still resolves to AirbyteTracedException."""
+    assert MessageRepresentationAirbyteTracedErrors is AirbyteTracedException
+
+
+def test_deprecated_alias_is_catchable_as_airbyte_traced_exception():
+    """Verify that exceptions raised as the alias can be caught as AirbyteTracedException."""
+    with pytest.raises(AirbyteTracedException):
+        raise MessageRepresentationAirbyteTracedErrors(
+            internal_message="test",
+            message="test user message",
+        )