diff --git a/src/token-processor/stacks-node/stacks-node-rpc-client.ts b/src/token-processor/stacks-node/stacks-node-rpc-client.ts
index 871247be..824891a9 100644
--- a/src/token-processor/stacks-node/stacks-node-rpc-client.ts
+++ b/src/token-processor/stacks-node/stacks-node-rpc-client.ts
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export class StacksNodeRpcClient {
           `Runtime error while calling read-only function ${functionName}`
         );
       } else if (result.cause.includes('NoSuchContract')) {
-        throw new SmartContractClarityError(
+        throw new RetryableJobError(
           `Contract not available yet when calling read-only function ${functionName}`
         );
       }
diff --git a/tests/token-queue/process-token-job.test.ts b/tests/token-queue/process-token-job.test.ts
index 5d79c93e..14627e3f 100644
--- a/tests/token-queue/process-token-job.test.ts
+++ b/tests/token-queue/process-token-job.test.ts
@@ -912,4 +912,33 @@ describe('ProcessTokenJob', () => {
       expect(host).toBeUndefined();
     });
   });
+
+  test('Contract not found gets retried', async () => {
+    const nodeUrl = `http://${ENV.STACKS_NODE_RPC_HOST}:${ENV.STACKS_NODE_RPC_PORT}`;
+    const [tokenJob] = await insertAndEnqueueTestContractWithTokens(
+      db,
+      'ABCD.test-nft',
+      DbSipNumber.sip009,
+      1n
+    );
+
+    const mockResponse = {
+      okay: false,
+      cause: `Unchecked(NoSuchContract("ABCD.test-nft"))`,
+    };
+    const agent = new MockAgent();
+    agent.disableNetConnect();
+    agent
+      .get(nodeUrl)
+      .intercept({
+        path: `/v2/contracts/call-read/ABCD/test-nft/get-token-uri`,
+        method: 'POST',
+      })
+      .reply(200, mockResponse);
+    setGlobalDispatcher(agent);
+
+    await expect(new ProcessTokenJob({ db, job: tokenJob }).handler()).rejects.toThrow(
+      RetryableJobError
+    );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/tests/token-queue/stacks-node-rpc-client.test.ts b/tests/token-queue/stacks-node-rpc-client.test.ts
index 0877b670..506ab664 100644
--- a/tests/token-queue/stacks-node-rpc-client.test.ts
+++ b/tests/token-queue/stacks-node-rpc-client.test.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import { StacksNodeRpcClient } from '../../src/token-processor/stacks-node/stack
 import {
   StacksNodeJsonParseError,
   StacksNodeHttpError,
-  SmartContractClarityError,
 } from '../../src/token-processor/util/errors';
 
 describe('StacksNodeRpcClient', () => {
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ describe('StacksNodeRpcClient', () => {
     setGlobalDispatcher(agent);
 
     await expect(client.readStringFromContract('get-token-uri', [])).rejects.toThrow(
-      SmartContractClarityError
+      RetryableJobError
     );
   });