diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/looker/looker_common.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/looker/looker_common.py
index 1f54767de5a68..3cbb13375229b 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/looker/looker_common.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/looker/looker_common.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 )
 
 from looker_sdk.error import SDKError
+from looker_sdk.rtl.serialize import DeserializeError
 from looker_sdk.sdk.api40.models import (
     LookmlModelExplore,
     LookmlModelExploreField,
@@ -1131,7 +1132,16 @@ def from_api(  # noqa: C901
                 logger.warning(
                     f"Failed to extract explore {explore_name} from model {model}: {e}"
                 )
-
+        except DeserializeError as e:
+            reporter.warning(
+                title="Failed to fetch explore from the Looker API",
+                message=(
+                    "An error occurred while extracting the explore from the model. "
+                    "Please check the explore and model configurations."
+                ),
+                context=f"Explore: {explore_name}, Model: {model}",
+                exc=e,
+            )
         except AssertionError:
             reporter.report_warning(
                 title="Unable to find Views",
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/looker/looker_source.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/looker/looker_source.py
index e593e132dafd7..f269ccf1cd98f 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/looker/looker_source.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/looker/looker_source.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 )
 
 from looker_sdk.error import SDKError
+from looker_sdk.rtl.serialize import DeserializeError
 from looker_sdk.sdk.api40.models import (
     Dashboard,
     DashboardElement,
@@ -1288,12 +1289,13 @@ def process_dashboard(
                 dashboard_id=dashboard_id,
                 fields=fields,
             )
-        except SDKError:
+        except (SDKError, DeserializeError) as e:
             # A looker dashboard could be deleted in between the list and the get
             self.reporter.report_warning(
-                title="Error Loading Dashboard",
+                title="Failed to fetch dashboard from the Looker API",
                 message="Error occurred while attempting to loading dashboard from Looker API. Skipping.",
                 context=f"Dashboard ID: {dashboard_id}",
+                exc=e,
             )
             return [], None, dashboard_id, start_time, datetime.datetime.now()