diff --git a/src/typesense/request_handler.py b/src/typesense/request_handler.py
index 38e6c24..9b49fea 100644
--- a/src/typesense/request_handler.py
+++ b/src/typesense/request_handler.py
@@ -309,10 +309,15 @@ def _get_exception(http_code: int) -> typing.Type[TypesenseClientError]:
         """
         Map an HTTP status code to the appropriate exception type.
 
+        Any 5xx code without a dedicated exception (e.g. 502, 504 from a proxy
+        in front of a restarting node) maps to ServerError, so the request is
+        retried on another node.
+
         Args:
             http_code (int): The HTTP status code.
 
         Returns:
             Type[TypesenseClientError]: The exception type corresponding to the status code.
         """
-        return _ERROR_CODE_MAP.get(str(http_code), TypesenseClientError)
+        default = ServerError if 500 <= http_code <= 599 else TypesenseClientError
+        return _ERROR_CODE_MAP.get(str(http_code), default)
diff --git a/tests/api_call_test.py b/tests/api_call_test.py
index ddff4ee..bdc1386 100644
--- a/tests/api_call_test.py
+++ b/tests/api_call_test.py
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ def test_get_exception() -> None:
     assert RequestHandler._get_exception(422) == exceptions.ObjectUnprocessable
     assert RequestHandler._get_exception(500) == exceptions.ServerError
     assert RequestHandler._get_exception(503) == exceptions.ServiceUnavailable
+    assert RequestHandler._get_exception(501) == exceptions.ServerError
+    assert RequestHandler._get_exception(502) == exceptions.ServerError
+    assert RequestHandler._get_exception(504) == exceptions.ServerError
+    assert RequestHandler._get_exception(599) == exceptions.ServerError
+    assert RequestHandler._get_exception(418) == exceptions.TypesenseClientError
     assert RequestHandler._get_exception(999) == exceptions.TypesenseClientError
 
 
@@ -460,6 +465,33 @@ def test_selects_next_available_node_on_timeout(
         assert len(respx.calls) == 3
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("status_code", [500, 502, 503, 504])
+def test_selects_next_available_node_on_5xx(
+    fake_api_call: ApiCall,
+    status_code: int,
+) -> None:
+    """Test that a 5xx response marks the node unhealthy and retries on the next one."""
+    with respx.mock:
+        respx.get("http://nearest:8108/test").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(status_code, text="Bad Gateway")
+        )
+        respx.get("http://node0:8108/test").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(200, json={"key": "value"})
+        )
+
+        response = fake_api_call.get(
+            "/test",
+            as_json=True,
+            entity_type=typing.Dict[str, str],
+        )
+
+        assert response == {"key": "value"}
+        assert respx.calls[0].request.url == "http://nearest:8108/test"
+        assert respx.calls[1].request.url == "http://node0:8108/test"
+        assert len(respx.calls) == 2
+        assert fake_api_call.config.nearest_node.healthy is False
+
+
 def test_get_node_no_healthy_nodes(
     fake_api_call: ApiCall,
     mocker: MockFixture,