diff --git a/redis/ocsp.py b/redis/ocsp.py
index 666c7dcd08..4753434fba 100644
--- a/redis/ocsp.py
+++ b/redis/ocsp.py
@@ -56,9 +56,14 @@ def _check_certificate(issuer_cert, ocsp_bytes, validate=True):
         raise AuthorizationError("you are not authorized to view this ocsp certificate")
     if ocsp_response.response_status == ocsp.OCSPResponseStatus.SUCCESSFUL:
         if ocsp_response.certificate_status != ocsp.OCSPCertStatus.GOOD:
-            return False
+            raise ConnectionError(
+                f'Received an {str(ocsp_response.certificate_status).split(".")[1]} '
+                "ocsp certificate status"
+            )
     else:
-        return False
+        raise ConnectionError(
+            "failed to retrieve a sucessful response from the ocsp responder"
+        )
 
     if ocsp_response.this_update >= datetime.datetime.now():
         raise ConnectionError("ocsp certificate was issued in the future")
diff --git a/tests/test_ssl.py b/tests/test_ssl.py
index 0ae7440daf..ab5d47f293 100644
--- a/tests/test_ssl.py
+++ b/tests/test_ssl.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def test_ssl_ocsp_called_withcrypto(self, request):
     def test_valid_ocsp_cert_http(self):
         from redis.ocsp import OCSPVerifier
 
-        hostnames = ["github.com", "aws.amazon.com", "ynet.co.il", "microsoft.com"]
+        hostnames = ["github.com", "aws.amazon.com", "ynet.co.il"]
         for hostname in hostnames:
             context = ssl.create_default_context()
             with socket.create_connection((hostname, 443)) as sock:
@@ -124,7 +124,9 @@ def test_revoked_ocsp_certificate(self):
         with socket.create_connection((hostname, 443)) as sock:
             with context.wrap_socket(sock, server_hostname=hostname) as wrapped:
                 ocsp = OCSPVerifier(wrapped, hostname, 443)
-                assert ocsp.is_valid() is False
+                with pytest.raises(ConnectionError) as e:
+                    assert ocsp.is_valid()
+                    assert "REVOKED" in str(e)
 
     @skip_if_nocryptography()
     def test_unauthorized_ocsp(self):
@@ -147,7 +149,9 @@ def test_ocsp_not_present_in_response(self):
         with socket.create_connection((hostname, 443)) as sock:
             with context.wrap_socket(sock, server_hostname=hostname) as wrapped:
                 ocsp = OCSPVerifier(wrapped, hostname, 443)
-                assert ocsp.is_valid() is False
+                with pytest.raises(ConnectionError) as e:
+                    assert ocsp.is_valid()
+                    assert "from the" in str(e)
 
     @skip_if_nocryptography()
     def test_unauthorized_then_direct(self):