diff --git a/scripts/west_commands/fetchers/http.py b/scripts/west_commands/fetchers/http.py
index 817749541ca..3ff5eb6e815 100644
--- a/scripts/west_commands/fetchers/http.py
+++ b/scripts/west_commands/fetchers/http.py
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+import os
 import requests
+import sys
 
 from west import log
 
@@ -16,5 +18,14 @@ class HTTPFetcher(ZephyrBlobFetcher):
 
     def fetch(self, url, path):
         log.dbg(f'HTTPFetcher fetching {url} to {path}')
-        resp = requests.get(url)
-        open(path, "wb").write(resp.content)
+        try:
+            resp = requests.get(url)
+            resp.raise_for_status()  # Raises an HTTPError for bad status codes (4xx or 5xx)
+        except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as e:
+            log.err(f'HTTP error occurred: {e}')
+            sys.exit(os.EX_NOHOST)
+        except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
+            log.err(f'An error occurred: {e}')
+            sys.exit(os.EX_DATAERR)
+        with open(path, "wb") as f:
+            f.write(resp.content)