diff --git a/src/HotChocolate/AspNetCore/test/AspNetCore.Tests/HttpPostMiddlewareTests.cs b/src/HotChocolate/AspNetCore/test/AspNetCore.Tests/HttpPostMiddlewareTests.cs
index ed350cd0bb0..686b845005b 100644
--- a/src/HotChocolate/AspNetCore/test/AspNetCore.Tests/HttpPostMiddlewareTests.cs
+++ b/src/HotChocolate/AspNetCore/test/AspNetCore.Tests/HttpPostMiddlewareTests.cs
@@ -154,6 +154,33 @@ public async Task SingleRequest_GetHeroName_Casing_Is_Preserved()
         result.MatchSnapshot();
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Complexity_Exceeded()
+    {
+        // arrange
+        TestServer server = CreateStarWarsServer(
+            configureServices: c => c.AddGraphQLServer().ModifyRequestOptions(o=>
+            {
+                o.Complexity.Enable = true;
+                o.Complexity.MaximumAllowed = 1;
+            }));
+
+        // act
+        ClientQueryResult result =
+            await server.PostAsync(new ClientQueryRequest
+            {
+                Query = @"
+                    {
+                        HERO: hero {
+                            name
+                        }
+                    }"
+            });
+
+        // assert
+        result.MatchSnapshot();
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task SingleRequest_GetHeroName_With_EnumVariable()
     {
diff --git a/src/HotChocolate/AspNetCore/test/AspNetCore.Tests/__snapshots__/HttpPostMiddlewareTests.Complexity_Exceeded.snap b/src/HotChocolate/AspNetCore/test/AspNetCore.Tests/__snapshots__/HttpPostMiddlewareTests.Complexity_Exceeded.snap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..68f91300354
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/HotChocolate/AspNetCore/test/AspNetCore.Tests/__snapshots__/HttpPostMiddlewareTests.Complexity_Exceeded.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "ContentType": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
+  "StatusCode": "BadRequest",
+  "Data": null,
+  "Errors": [
+    {
+      "message": "The maximum allowed operation complexity was exceeded.",
+      "extensions": {
+        "complexity": 2,
+        "allowedComplexity": 1,
+        "code": "HC0047"
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+  "Extensions": null
+}
diff --git a/src/HotChocolate/Core/src/Execution/ErrorHelper.cs b/src/HotChocolate/Core/src/Execution/ErrorHelper.cs
index 6bc863cec4e..7ecc2aa9ce4 100644
--- a/src/HotChocolate/Core/src/Execution/ErrorHelper.cs
+++ b/src/HotChocolate/Core/src/Execution/ErrorHelper.cs
@@ -198,9 +198,13 @@ internal static class ErrorHelper
                 ErrorCodes.Execution.ComplexityExceeded,
                 extensions: new Dictionary<string, object?>
                 {
-                        { nameof(complexity), complexity },
-                        { nameof(allowedComplexity), allowedComplexity }
-                }));
+                    { nameof(complexity), complexity },
+                    { nameof(allowedComplexity), allowedComplexity }
+                }),
+            contextData: new Dictionary<string, object?>
+            {
+                { WellKnownContextData.ValidationErrors, true }
+            });
 
     public static IQueryResult StateInvalidForComplexityAnalyzer() =>
         QueryResultBuilder.CreateError(