diff --git a/.changeset/rude-deers-fetch.md b/.changeset/rude-deers-fetch.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b8893108eee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/rude-deers-fetch.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@clerk/backend': patch
+---
+
+Fixed an issue where errors returned from backend api requests are not converted to camelCase.
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/api/__tests__/factory.test.ts b/packages/backend/src/api/__tests__/factory.test.ts
index 93ff7b29add..8fbc06ebc11 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/api/__tests__/factory.test.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/api/__tests__/factory.test.ts
@@ -187,7 +187,12 @@ export default (QUnit: QUnit) => {
     });
 
     test('executes a failed backend API request and parses the error response', async assert => {
-      const mockErrorPayload = { code: 'whatever_error', message: 'whatever error', meta: {} };
+      const mockErrorPayload = {
+        code: 'whatever_error',
+        message: 'whatever error',
+        long_message: 'some long message',
+        meta: { param_name: 'some param' },
+      };
       const traceId = 'trace_id_123';
       fakeFetch = sinon.stub(runtime, 'fetch');
       fakeFetch.onCall(0).returns(jsonNotOk({ errors: [mockErrorPayload], clerk_trace_id: traceId }));
@@ -199,6 +204,9 @@ export default (QUnit: QUnit) => {
       assert.equal(response.status, 422);
       assert.equal(response.statusText, '422');
       assert.equal(response.errors[0].code, 'whatever_error');
+      assert.equal(response.errors[0].message, 'whatever error');
+      assert.equal(response.errors[0].longMessage, 'some long message');
+      assert.equal(response.errors[0].meta.paramName, 'some param');
 
       assert.ok(
         fakeFetch.calledOnceWith('https://api.clerk.test/v1/users/user_deadbeef', {
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/api/request.ts b/packages/backend/src/api/request.ts
index e670b87dcf0..d86a43e6c45 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/api/request.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/api/request.ts
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export function buildRequest(options: BuildRequestOptions) {
       if (!res.ok) {
         return {
           data: null,
-          errors: responseBody?.errors || responseBody,
+          errors: parseErrors(responseBody),
           status: res?.status,
           statusText: res?.statusText,
           clerkTraceId: getTraceId(responseBody, res?.headers),