diff --git a/app/Jobs/Mail/NinjaMailerJob.php b/app/Jobs/Mail/NinjaMailerJob.php
index 4870007b7a..e97a113dbd 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/Mail/NinjaMailerJob.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/Mail/NinjaMailerJob.php
@@ -249,8 +249,19 @@ class NinjaMailerJob implements ShouldQueue
 
             if ($e instanceof PostmarkException) { //postmark specific failure
 
+                                
+                try {
+                    $response = json_decode($e->getMessage(), true);
+                    if (is_array($response) && isset($response['Message'])) {
+                        $message = $response['Message'];
+                    }
+                } catch (\Exception $jsonError) {
+                    // If JSON decode fails, use the original message
+                    $message = "Unknown issue sending via Postmark, please try again later.";
+                }
+
                 $this->fail();
-                $this->entityEmailFailed($e->getMessage());
+                $this->entityEmailFailed($message);
                 $this->cleanUpMailers();
 
                 return;
diff --git a/app/Services/Email/Email.php b/app/Services/Email/Email.php
index cb6660cb7c..f7d3dc1d8c 100644
--- a/app/Services/Email/Email.php
+++ b/app/Services/Email/Email.php
@@ -370,17 +370,26 @@ class Email implements ShouldQueue
 
             }
 
-           
-
             /**
              * Post mark buries the proper message in a guzzle response
              * this merges a text string with a json object
              * need to harvest the ->Message property using the following
              */
             if ($e instanceof PostmarkException) { //postmark specific failure
+                
+                // Try to decode the JSON response if present
+                try {
+                    $response = json_decode($e->getMessage(), true);
+                    if (is_array($response) && isset($response['Message'])) {
+                        $message = $response['Message'];
+                    }
+                } catch (\Exception $jsonError) {
+                    // If JSON decode fails, use the original message
+                    $message = "Unknown issue sending via Postmark, please try again later.";
+                }
 
                 $this->fail();
-                $this->entityEmailFailed($e->getMessage());
+                $this->entityEmailFailed($message);
                 $this->cleanUpMailers();
 
                 return;
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 7cd53db4c7..dbfe91c169 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -5169,16 +5169,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "laravel/framework",
-            "version": "v11.44.4",
+            "version": "v11.44.7",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/laravel/framework.git",
-                "reference": "6b29bb79b18474ea5265b7022ba7b0f76eebeb4f"
+                "reference": "00bc6ac91a6d577bf051c18ddaa638c0d221e1c7"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/laravel/framework/zipball/6b29bb79b18474ea5265b7022ba7b0f76eebeb4f",
-                "reference": "6b29bb79b18474ea5265b7022ba7b0f76eebeb4f",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/laravel/framework/zipball/00bc6ac91a6d577bf051c18ddaa638c0d221e1c7",
+                "reference": "00bc6ac91a6d577bf051c18ddaa638c0d221e1c7",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -5380,7 +5380,7 @@
                 "issues": "https://github.com/laravel/framework/issues",
                 "source": "https://github.com/laravel/framework"
             },
-            "time": "2025-04-23T23:35:40+00:00"
+            "time": "2025-04-25T12:40:47+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "laravel/octane",