diff --git a/hawkbit-rest/hawkbit-rest-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/rest/exception/ResponseExceptionHandler.java b/hawkbit-rest/hawkbit-rest-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/rest/exception/ResponseExceptionHandler.java
index b8d07ddf5..5a46295e5 100644
--- a/hawkbit-rest/hawkbit-rest-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/rest/exception/ResponseExceptionHandler.java
+++ b/hawkbit-rest/hawkbit-rest-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/rest/exception/ResponseExceptionHandler.java
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ public class ResponseExceptionHandler {
      * @return the entity to be responded containing the exception information
      *         as entity.
      */
-    @ExceptionHandler({ HttpMessageNotReadableException.class, MethodArgumentNotValidException.class })
+    @ExceptionHandler({ HttpMessageNotReadableException.class, MethodArgumentNotValidException.class, IllegalArgumentException.class })
     public ResponseEntity<ExceptionInfo> handleExceptionCausedByIncorrectRequestBody(final HttpServletRequest request,
             final Exception ex) {
         logRequest(request, ex);