diff --git a/RELEASES.md b/RELEASES.md
index ebee9fc..245477d 100644
--- a/RELEASES.md
+++ b/RELEASES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ## Releases
 
+## 1.0.9
+Throw HttpClientError instead of a generic Error from the \<verb>Json() helper methods when the server responds with a non-successful status code. 
+
 ## 1.0.8
 Fixed security issue where a redirect (e.g. 302) to another domain would pass headers.  The fix was to strip the authorization header if the hostname was different.  More [details in PR #27](https://github.com/actions/http-client/pull/27)
 
diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index 0756a55..97a3fa4 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,18 @@ const RetryableHttpVerbs: string[] = ['OPTIONS', 'GET', 'DELETE', 'HEAD']
 const ExponentialBackoffCeiling = 10
 const ExponentialBackoffTimeSlice = 5
 
+export class HttpClientError extends Error {
+  constructor(message: string, statusCode: number) {
+    super(message)
+    this.name = 'HttpClientError'
+    this.statusCode = statusCode
+    Object.setPrototypeOf(this, HttpClientError.prototype)
+  }
+
+  public statusCode: number
+  public result?: any
+}
+
 export class HttpClientResponse implements ifm.IHttpClientResponse {
   constructor(message: http.IncomingMessage) {
     this.message = message
@@ -742,13 +754,8 @@ export class HttpClient {
           msg = 'Failed request: (' + statusCode + ')'
         }
 
-        let err: Error = new Error(msg)
-
-        // attach statusCode and body obj (if available) to the error object
-        err['statusCode'] = statusCode
-        if (response.result) {
-          err['result'] = response.result
-        }
+        let err = new HttpClientError(msg, statusCode)
+        err.result = response.result
 
         reject(err)
       } else {
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 7a48ba6..6555357 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@actions/http-client",
-  "version": "1.0.7",
+  "version": "1.0.9",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e57d099..82e5a95 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@actions/http-client",
-  "version": "1.0.8",
+  "version": "1.0.9",
   "description": "Actions Http Client",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {