diff --git a/packages/core/src/Interfaces.ts b/packages/core/src/Interfaces.ts
index 94f940ed0a..7548b4c944 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/Interfaces.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/Interfaces.ts
@@ -106,7 +106,11 @@ export interface IPollFunctions extends IPollFunctionsBase {
 }
 
 export interface IResponseError extends Error {
-	statusCode?: number;
+	status?: number; // this is how the request library returns
+	response?: {
+		// this is how Axios returns
+		status: number;
+	};
 }
 
 export interface ITriggerFunctions extends ITriggerFunctionsBase {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/NodeExecuteFunctions.ts b/packages/core/src/NodeExecuteFunctions.ts
index af9dd3ed56..48c7cb1c76 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/NodeExecuteFunctions.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/NodeExecuteFunctions.ts
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ export async function requestOAuth2(
 				? 401
 				: oAuth2Options?.tokenExpiredStatusCode;
 
-		if (error.statusCode === statusCodeReturned) {
+		if (error.response?.status === statusCodeReturned || error.status === statusCodeReturned) {
 			// Token is probably not valid anymore. So try refresh it.
 
 			const tokenRefreshOptions: IDataObject = {};