diff --git a/indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/common/actions/LocalTaskActionClient.java b/indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/common/actions/LocalTaskActionClient.java
index 1d0059335ed1..81ff137ed179 100644
--- a/indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/common/actions/LocalTaskActionClient.java
+++ b/indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/common/actions/LocalTaskActionClient.java
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ private <R> R performAction(TaskAction<R> taskAction)
       return result;
     }
     catch (Throwable t) {
+      log.error(t, "Failed to perform action[%s]", taskAction);
       throw new RuntimeException(t);
     }
   }
diff --git a/indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/common/actions/SegmentTransactionalInsertActionTest.java b/indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/common/actions/SegmentTransactionalInsertActionTest.java
index 44ce60b5ceb2..7d5f4488fea0 100644
--- a/indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/common/actions/SegmentTransactionalInsertActionTest.java
+++ b/indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/common/actions/SegmentTransactionalInsertActionTest.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
-import org.apache.druid.error.InvalidInput;
 import org.apache.druid.indexing.common.TaskLockType;
 import org.apache.druid.indexing.common.task.NoopTask;
 import org.apache.druid.indexing.common.task.Task;
@@ -32,6 +31,7 @@
 import org.apache.druid.indexing.overlord.Segments;
 import org.apache.druid.indexing.overlord.TimeChunkLockRequest;
 import org.apache.druid.java.util.common.Intervals;
+import org.apache.druid.metadata.RetryTransactionException;
 import org.apache.druid.timeline.DataSegment;
 import org.apache.druid.timeline.partition.LinearShardSpec;
 import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public void testFailTransactionalUpdateDataSourceMetadata() throws Exception
 
     Assert.assertEquals(
         SegmentPublishResult.fail(
-            InvalidInput.exception(
+            new RetryTransactionException(
                 "The new start metadata state[ObjectMetadata{theObject=[1]}] is"
                 + " ahead of the last committed end state[null]. Try resetting the supervisor."
             ).toString()
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/metadata/IndexerSQLMetadataStorageCoordinator.java b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/metadata/IndexerSQLMetadataStorageCoordinator.java
index 69d86ab80cf8..0717c9b07eea 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/metadata/IndexerSQLMetadataStorageCoordinator.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/metadata/IndexerSQLMetadataStorageCoordinator.java
@@ -2687,7 +2687,9 @@ protected DataStoreMetadataUpdateResult updateDataSourceMetadataWithHandle(
 
     if (startMetadataGreaterThanExisting && !startMetadataMatchesExisting) {
       // Offsets stored in startMetadata is greater than the last commited metadata.
-      return DataStoreMetadataUpdateResult.failure(
+      // This can happen because the previous task is still publishing its segments and can resolve once
+      // the previous task finishes publishing.
+      return DataStoreMetadataUpdateResult.retryableFailure(
           "The new start metadata state[%s] is ahead of the last committed"
           + " end state[%s]. Try resetting the supervisor.",
           startMetadata, oldCommitMetadataFromDb
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/metadata/IndexerSQLMetadataStorageCoordinatorTest.java b/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/metadata/IndexerSQLMetadataStorageCoordinatorTest.java
index 0377faac5fbf..a000fbec5a3e 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/metadata/IndexerSQLMetadataStorageCoordinatorTest.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/metadata/IndexerSQLMetadataStorageCoordinatorTest.java
@@ -784,15 +784,15 @@ public void testTransactionalAnnounceFailDbNullWantNotNull()
     );
     Assert.assertEquals(
         SegmentPublishResult.fail(
-            InvalidInput.exception(
+            new RetryTransactionException(
                 "The new start metadata state[ObjectMetadata{theObject={foo=bar}}] is ahead of the last committed"
                 + " end state[null]. Try resetting the supervisor."
             ).toString()),
         result1
     );
 
-    // Should only be tried once.
-    Assert.assertEquals(1, metadataUpdateCounter.get());
+    // Should be retried.
+    Assert.assertEquals(2, metadataUpdateCounter.get());
   }
 
   @Test