diff --git a/providers/flagsmith/pom.xml b/providers/flagsmith/pom.xml
index 2205d3902..b805a65ed 100644
--- a/providers/flagsmith/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/flagsmith/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.flagsmith</groupId>
             <artifactId>flagsmith-java-client</artifactId>
-            <version>7.2.0</version>
+            <version>7.3.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/providers/flagsmith/src/test/java/dev.openfeature.contrib.providers.flagsmith/FlagsmithProviderTest.java b/providers/flagsmith/src/test/java/dev.openfeature.contrib.providers.flagsmith/FlagsmithProviderTest.java
index 774adff55..ddeee839e 100644
--- a/providers/flagsmith/src/test/java/dev.openfeature.contrib.providers.flagsmith/FlagsmithProviderTest.java
+++ b/providers/flagsmith/src/test/java/dev.openfeature.contrib.providers.flagsmith/FlagsmithProviderTest.java
@@ -67,6 +67,14 @@ public MockResponse dispatch(RecordedRequest request) {
         }
     };
 
+    final QueueDispatcher errorDispatcher = new QueueDispatcher() {
+        @SneakyThrows
+        @Override
+        public MockResponse dispatch(RecordedRequest request) {
+            return new MockResponse().setResponseCode(500);
+        }
+    };
+
     private static Stream<Arguments> provideKeysForFlagResolution() {
         return Stream.of(
             Arguments.of("true_key", "getBooleanEvaluation", Boolean.class, "true"),
@@ -132,9 +140,9 @@ void setUp() throws IOException {
         // Error server will always result in FlagsmithApiError's used for
         // tests that need to handle this type of error
         mockFlagsmithErrorServer = new MockWebServer();
+        mockFlagsmithErrorServer.setDispatcher(this.errorDispatcher);
         mockFlagsmithErrorServer.start();
 
-
         FlagsmithProviderOptions options = FlagsmithProviderOptions.builder()
                                                                    .apiKey("API_KEY")
                                                                    .baseUri(String