diff --git a/docs/changelog/114445.yaml b/docs/changelog/114445.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..afbc080d1e0b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/114445.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+pr: 114445
+summary: Wrap jackson exception on malformed json string
+area: Infra/Core
+type: bug
+issues:
+ - 114142
diff --git a/libs/x-content/impl/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xcontent/provider/json/JsonXContentParser.java b/libs/x-content/impl/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xcontent/provider/json/JsonXContentParser.java
index d42c56845d03f..38ef8bc2e4ef0 100644
--- a/libs/x-content/impl/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xcontent/provider/json/JsonXContentParser.java
+++ b/libs/x-content/impl/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xcontent/provider/json/JsonXContentParser.java
@@ -108,7 +108,11 @@ public String text() throws IOException {
         if (currentToken().isValue() == false) {
             throwOnNoText();
         }
-        return parser.getText();
+        try {
+            return parser.getText();
+        } catch (JsonParseException e) {
+            throw newXContentParseException(e);
+        }
     }
 
     private void throwOnNoText() {
diff --git a/qa/smoke-test-http/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/http/BulkRestIT.java b/qa/smoke-test-http/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/http/BulkRestIT.java
index 369d0824bdb28..3faa88339f0a3 100644
--- a/qa/smoke-test-http/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/http/BulkRestIT.java
+++ b/qa/smoke-test-http/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/http/BulkRestIT.java
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ public void testBulkInvalidIndexNameString() throws IOException {
 
         ResponseException responseException = expectThrows(ResponseException.class, () -> getRestClient().performRequest(request));
         assertThat(responseException.getResponse().getStatusLine().getStatusCode(), equalTo(BAD_REQUEST.getStatus()));
-        assertThat(responseException.getMessage(), containsString("could not parse bulk request body"));
-        assertThat(responseException.getMessage(), containsString("json_parse_exception"));
+        assertThat(responseException.getMessage(), containsString("x_content_parse_exception"));
         assertThat(responseException.getMessage(), containsString("Invalid UTF-8"));
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/json/JsonXContentTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/json/JsonXContentTests.java
index 55f6cc5498d80..4135ead545e07 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/json/JsonXContentTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/json/JsonXContentTests.java
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.BaseXContentTestCase;
 import org.elasticsearch.xcontent.XContentGenerator;
+import org.elasticsearch.xcontent.XContentParseException;
+import org.elasticsearch.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.xcontent.XContentParserConfiguration;
 import org.elasticsearch.xcontent.XContentType;
 import org.elasticsearch.xcontent.json.JsonXContent;
 
@@ -28,4 +31,14 @@ public void testBigInteger() throws Exception {
         XContentGenerator generator = JsonXContent.jsonXContent.createGenerator(os);
         doTestBigInteger(generator, os);
     }
+
+    public void testMalformedJsonFieldThrowsXContentException() throws Exception {
+        String json = "{\"test\":\"/*/}";
+        try (XContentParser parser = JsonXContent.jsonXContent.createParser(XContentParserConfiguration.EMPTY, json)) {
+            parser.nextToken();
+            parser.nextToken();
+            parser.nextToken();
+            assertThrows(XContentParseException.class, () -> parser.text());
+        }
+    }
 }