diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/lucene/grouping/GroupingDocValuesSelector.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/lucene/grouping/GroupingDocValuesSelector.java
index 49041566a8574..7d97a7a6d8bf6 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/lucene/grouping/GroupingDocValuesSelector.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/lucene/grouping/GroupingDocValuesSelector.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public void setNextReader(LeafReaderContext readerContext) throws IOException {
                             public boolean advanceExact(int target) throws IOException {
                                 if (sorted.advanceExact(target)) {
                                     if (sorted.docValueCount() > 1) {
-                                        throw new IllegalStateException(
+                                        throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                                             "failed to extract doc:" + target + ", the grouping field must be single valued"
                                         );
                                     }
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public long longValue() throws IOException {
                         };
                     }
                 }
-                default -> throw new IllegalStateException("unexpected doc values type " + type + "` for field `" + field + "`");
+                default -> throw new IllegalArgumentException("unexpected doc values type " + type + "` for field `" + field + "`");
             }
         }
 
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ public boolean advanceExact(int target) throws IOException {
                                 if (sorted.advanceExact(target)) {
                                     ord = (int) sorted.nextOrd();
                                     if (sorted.nextOrd() != SortedSetDocValues.NO_MORE_ORDS) {
-                                        throw new IllegalStateException(
+                                        throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                                             "failed to extract doc:" + target + ", the grouping field must be single valued"
                                         );
                                     }
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ public int getValueCount() {
                         };
                     }
                 }
-                default -> throw new IllegalStateException("unexpected doc values type " + type + "` for field `" + field + "`");
+                default -> throw new IllegalArgumentException("unexpected doc values type " + type + "` for field `" + field + "`");
             }
         }