diff --git a/common/utils/src/main/resources/error/error-conditions.json b/common/utils/src/main/resources/error/error-conditions.json
index e83202d9e5ee3..920c1922c522c 100644
--- a/common/utils/src/main/resources/error/error-conditions.json
+++ b/common/utils/src/main/resources/error/error-conditions.json
@@ -2907,6 +2907,12 @@
     ],
     "sqlState" : "42613"
   },
+  "INVALID_REGEXP_REPLACE" : {
+    "message" : [
+      "Could not perform regexp_replace for source = \"<source>\", pattern = \"<pattern>\", replacement = \"<replacement>\" and position = <position>."
+    ],
+    "sqlState" : "22023"
+  },
   "INVALID_SAVE_MODE" : {
     "message" : [
       "The specified save mode <mode> is invalid. Valid save modes include \"append\", \"overwrite\", \"ignore\", \"error\", \"errorifexists\", and \"default\"."
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/regexpExpressions.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/regexpExpressions.scala
index 970397c76a1cd..52460533efbe1 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/regexpExpressions.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/regexpExpressions.scala
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.util.regex.{Matcher, MatchResult, Pattern, PatternSyntaxException}
 
 import scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer
 import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters._
+import scala.util.control.NonFatal
 
 import org.apache.commons.text.StringEscapeUtils
 
@@ -700,7 +701,13 @@ case class RegExpReplace(subject: Expression, regexp: Expression, rep: Expressio
       m.region(position, source.length)
       result.delete(0, result.length())
       while (m.find) {
-        m.appendReplacement(result, lastReplacement)
+        try {
+          m.appendReplacement(result, lastReplacement)
+        } catch {
+          case NonFatal(e) =>
+            throw QueryExecutionErrors.invalidRegexpReplaceError(s.toString,
+              p.toString, r.toString, i.asInstanceOf[Int], e)
+        }
       }
       m.appendTail(result)
       UTF8String.fromString(result.toString)
@@ -748,7 +755,16 @@ case class RegExpReplace(subject: Expression, regexp: Expression, rep: Expressio
         $matcher.region($position, $source.length());
 
         while ($matcher.find()) {
-          $matcher.appendReplacement($termResult, $termLastReplacement);
+          try {
+            $matcher.appendReplacement($termResult, $termLastReplacement);
+          } catch (Throwable e) {
+            if (scala.util.control.NonFatal.apply(e)) {
+              throw QueryExecutionErrors.invalidRegexpReplaceError($source, $regexp.toString(),
+                $rep.toString(), $pos, e);
+            } else {
+              throw e;
+            }
+          }
         }
         $matcher.appendTail($termResult);
         ${ev.value} = UTF8String.fromString($termResult.toString());
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/errors/QueryExecutionErrors.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/errors/QueryExecutionErrors.scala
index 4a23e9766fc5d..aebdf1160d808 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/errors/QueryExecutionErrors.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/errors/QueryExecutionErrors.scala
@@ -362,6 +362,24 @@ private[sql] object QueryExecutionErrors extends QueryErrorsBase with ExecutionE
         "groupIndex" -> groupIndex.toString()))
   }
 
+  def invalidRegexpReplaceError(
+      source: String,
+      pattern: String,
+      replacement: String,
+      position: Int,
+      cause: Throwable): RuntimeException = {
+    new SparkRuntimeException(
+      errorClass = "INVALID_REGEXP_REPLACE",
+      messageParameters = Map(
+        "source" -> source,
+        "pattern" -> pattern,
+        "replacement" -> replacement,
+        "position" -> position.toString
+      ),
+      cause = cause
+    )
+  }
+
   def invalidUrlError(url: UTF8String, e: URISyntaxException): SparkIllegalArgumentException = {
     new SparkIllegalArgumentException(
       errorClass = "INVALID_URL",
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/StringFunctionsSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/StringFunctionsSuite.scala
index ec240d71b851f..ca47073f4ae4e 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/StringFunctionsSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/StringFunctionsSuite.scala
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package org.apache.spark.sql
 
 import org.apache.spark.{SPARK_DOC_ROOT, SparkIllegalArgumentException, SparkRuntimeException}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.Cast._
-import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.FormattedMode
+import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.{FormattedMode, WholeStageCodegenExec}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.functions._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
 import org.apache.spark.sql.test.SharedSparkSession
@@ -1356,4 +1356,34 @@ class StringFunctionsSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSparkSession {
       }
     }
   }
+
+  test("RegExpReplace throws the right exception when replace fails on a particular row") {
+    val tableName = "regexpReplaceException"
+    withTable(tableName) {
+      sql(s"CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS $tableName(s STRING)")
+      sql(s"INSERT INTO $tableName VALUES('first last')")
+      Seq("NO_CODEGEN", "CODEGEN_ONLY").foreach { codegenMode =>
+        withSQLConf(SQLConf.CODEGEN_FACTORY_MODE.key -> codegenMode) {
+          val query = s"SELECT regexp_replace(s, '(?<first>[a-zA-Z]+) (?<last>[a-zA-Z]+)', " +
+            s"'$$3 $$1') FROM $tableName"
+          val df = sql(query)
+          val plan = df.queryExecution.executedPlan
+          assert(plan.isInstanceOf[WholeStageCodegenExec] == (codegenMode == "CODEGEN_ONLY"))
+          val exception = intercept[SparkRuntimeException] {
+            df.collect()
+          }
+          checkError(
+            exception = exception,
+            condition = "INVALID_REGEXP_REPLACE",
+            parameters = Map(
+              "source" -> "first last",
+              "pattern" -> "(?<first>[a-zA-Z]+) (?<last>[a-zA-Z]+)",
+              "replacement" -> "$3 $1",
+              "position" -> "1")
+          )
+          assert(exception.getCause.getMessage.contains("No group 3"))
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }