diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c6be29c5588..ee9e141f493 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 - Expose `pcommon.NewSliceFromRaw` function (#5679)
 - `loggingexporter`: create the exporter's logger from the service's logger (#5677)
 - Add `otelcol_exporter_queue_capacity` metrics show the collector's exporter queue capacity (#5475)
+- Add support to handle 402, 413, 414, 431 http error code as permanent errors in OTLP exporter (#5685)
 
 ### 🧰 Bug fixes 🧰
 
diff --git a/exporter/otlphttpexporter/otlp.go b/exporter/otlphttpexporter/otlp.go
index 181ba978e48..4498a80e632 100644
--- a/exporter/otlphttpexporter/otlp.go
+++ b/exporter/otlphttpexporter/otlp.go
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ func (e *exporter) export(ctx context.Context, url string, request []byte) error
 		return exporterhelper.NewThrottleRetry(formattedErr, time.Duration(retryAfter)*time.Second)
 	}
 
-	if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusBadRequest {
-		// Report the failure as permanent if the server thinks the request is malformed.
+	if isPermanentClientFailure(resp.StatusCode) {
+		// Do not retry; report the failure as permanent if the server thinks the request is malformed.
 		return consumererror.NewPermanent(formattedErr)
 	}
 
@@ -187,6 +187,25 @@ func (e *exporter) export(ctx context.Context, url string, request []byte) error
 	return formattedErr
 }
 
+// Does the 'code' indicate a permanent error
+func isPermanentClientFailure(code int) bool {
+	switch code {
+	case http.StatusBadRequest:
+		return true
+	case http.StatusPaymentRequired:
+		// 402 - payment required typically means that an auth token isn't valid anymore and as such, we deem it as permanent
+		return true
+	case http.StatusRequestEntityTooLarge:
+		return true
+	case http.StatusRequestURITooLong:
+		return true
+	case http.StatusRequestHeaderFieldsTooLarge:
+		return true
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
 // Read the response and decode the status.Status from the body.
 // Returns nil if the response is empty or cannot be decoded.
 func readResponse(resp *http.Response) *status.Status {
diff --git a/exporter/otlphttpexporter/otlp_test.go b/exporter/otlphttpexporter/otlp_test.go
index 249f899e27c..e0a8f9842f6 100644
--- a/exporter/otlphttpexporter/otlp_test.go
+++ b/exporter/otlphttpexporter/otlp_test.go
@@ -393,11 +393,35 @@ func TestErrorResponses(t *testing.T) {
 			responseBody:   status.New(codes.InvalidArgument, "Bad field"),
 			isPermErr:      true,
 		},
+		{
+			name:           "402",
+			responseStatus: http.StatusPaymentRequired,
+			responseBody:   status.New(codes.InvalidArgument, "Bad field"),
+			isPermErr:      true,
+		},
 		{
 			name:           "404",
 			responseStatus: http.StatusNotFound,
 			err:            errors.New(errMsgPrefix + "404"),
 		},
+		{
+			name:           "413",
+			responseStatus: http.StatusRequestEntityTooLarge,
+			responseBody:   status.New(codes.InvalidArgument, "Bad field"),
+			isPermErr:      true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "414",
+			responseStatus: http.StatusRequestURITooLong,
+			responseBody:   status.New(codes.InvalidArgument, "Bad field"),
+			isPermErr:      true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "431",
+			responseStatus: http.StatusRequestHeaderFieldsTooLarge,
+			responseBody:   status.New(codes.InvalidArgument, "Bad field"),
+			isPermErr:      true,
+		},
 		{
 			name:           "419",
 			responseStatus: http.StatusTooManyRequests,