diff --git a/packages/core/src/errors.ts b/packages/core/src/errors.ts
index c24f465f38..6b02be04c2 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/errors.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/errors.ts
@@ -201,9 +201,11 @@ export enum CustomErrorCodes {
   OAUTH_REFRESH_FAILED = 'OAUTH_REFRESH_FAILED',
   // Destination has spent more than the alloted time and needs to self-terminate
   SELF_TIMEOUT = 'SELF_TIMEOUT',
-
   // Fallback error code if no other error code matches
-  UNKNOWN_ERROR = 'UNKNOWN_ERROR'
+  UNKNOWN_ERROR = 'UNKNOWN_ERROR',
+  // Destination not ready to process requests. Can be used in scenarios where we want to retry because destination is still processing some events due to race condition.
+  // Example: In Adobe Target, if profile creation is in progress, any updateProfile calls will fail. In such cases, we can use this error code to indicate that destination is not ready yet.
+  DESTINATION_NOT_READY = 'DESTINATION_NOT_READY'
 }
 
 const HTTP_ERROR_CODE_MAP: Record<number, HttpErrorCodes> = {
diff --git a/packages/destination-actions/src/destinations/adobe-target/adobeTarget_operations.ts b/packages/destination-actions/src/destinations/adobe-target/adobeTarget_operations.ts
index e356a6658b..3e546246f6 100644
--- a/packages/destination-actions/src/destinations/adobe-target/adobeTarget_operations.ts
+++ b/packages/destination-actions/src/destinations/adobe-target/adobeTarget_operations.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { RequestClient, IntegrationError, APIError } from '@segment/actions-core'
+import { RequestClient, IntegrationError, ErrorCodes } from '@segment/actions-core'
 import { StatsContext } from '@segment/actions-core/destination-kit'
 
 function getNestedObjects(obj: { [x: string]: any }, objectPath = '', attributes: { [x: string]: string } = {}) {
@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@ export default class AdobeTarget {
           statsContext?.statsClient.incr('actions-adobe-target.profile-not-found', 1, statsContext.tags)
         }
 
-        throw new APIError(error.message, errorCode)
+        // TOO_EARLY error type indicates that this error is retryable error type but server is not ready yet to process the request.
+        // Centrifuge dosn't retry 425 so we keep the error code as 500.
+        throw new IntegrationError(error.message, ErrorCodes.DESTINATION_NOT_READY, errorCode)
       }
     }