diff --git a/oauth2/oauth2-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/oauth2/client/endpoint/WebClientReactiveClientCredentialsTokenResponseClient.java b/oauth2/oauth2-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/oauth2/client/endpoint/WebClientReactiveClientCredentialsTokenResponseClient.java
index 40bca7d36a7..2a3ab05d775 100644
--- a/oauth2/oauth2-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/oauth2/client/endpoint/WebClientReactiveClientCredentialsTokenResponseClient.java
+++ b/oauth2/oauth2-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/oauth2/client/endpoint/WebClientReactiveClientCredentialsTokenResponseClient.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.BodyInserters;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.WebClient;
+import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.WebClientResponseException;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -64,7 +65,17 @@ public Mono<OAuth2AccessTokenResponse> getTokenResponse(OAuth2ClientCredentialsG
 					.headers(headers(clientRegistration))
 					.body(body)
 					.exchange()
-					.flatMap(response -> response.body(oauth2AccessTokenResponse()))
+					.flatMap(response ->{
+						if (!response.statusCode().is2xxSuccessful()){
+							// extract the contents of this into a method named oauth2AccessTokenResponse but has an argument for the response
+							throw WebClientResponseException.create(response.rawStatusCode(),
+											"Cannot get token, expected 2xx HTTP Status code",
+											null,
+											null,
+											null
+									);
+						}
+						return response.body(oauth2AccessTokenResponse()); })
 					.map(response -> {
 						if (response.getAccessToken().getScopes().isEmpty()) {
 							response = OAuth2AccessTokenResponse.withResponse(response)
diff --git a/oauth2/oauth2-client/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/oauth2/client/endpoint/WebClientReactiveClientCredentialsTokenResponseClientTests.java b/oauth2/oauth2-client/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/oauth2/client/endpoint/WebClientReactiveClientCredentialsTokenResponseClientTests.java
index 510df757c59..6c227b336c1 100644
--- a/oauth2/oauth2-client/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/oauth2/client/endpoint/WebClientReactiveClientCredentialsTokenResponseClientTests.java
+++ b/oauth2/oauth2-client/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/oauth2/client/endpoint/WebClientReactiveClientCredentialsTokenResponseClientTests.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import org.springframework.security.oauth2.client.registration.TestClientRegistrations;
 import org.springframework.security.oauth2.core.ClientAuthenticationMethod;
 import org.springframework.security.oauth2.core.endpoint.OAuth2AccessTokenResponse;
+import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.WebClientResponseException;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
 
@@ -116,6 +117,23 @@ public void getTokenResponseWhenNoScopeThenClientRegistrationScopesDefaulted() {
 		assertThat(response.getAccessToken().getScopes()).isEqualTo(registration.getScopes());
 	}
 
+	@Test(expected = WebClientResponseException.class)
+	// gh-6089
+	public void getTokenResponseWhenInvalidResponse() throws WebClientResponseException {
+		ClientRegistration registration = this.clientRegistration.build();
+		enqueueUnexpectedResponse();
+
+		OAuth2ClientCredentialsGrantRequest request = new OAuth2ClientCredentialsGrantRequest(registration);
+
+		OAuth2AccessTokenResponse response = this.client.getTokenResponse(request).block();
+	}
+
+	private void enqueueUnexpectedResponse(){
+		MockResponse response = new MockResponse()
+				.setHeader(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
+				.setResponseCode(301);
+		this.server.enqueue(response);
+	}
 
 	private void enqueueJson(String body) {
 		MockResponse response = new MockResponse()