diff --git a/app/celery/tasks.py b/app/celery/tasks.py
index abafa6b78..b5e732df5 100644
--- a/app/celery/tasks.py
+++ b/app/celery/tasks.py
@@ -555,7 +555,10 @@ def process_incomplete_job(job_id):
 @notify_celery.task(bind=True, name="process-ses-result", max_retries=5, default_retry_delay=300)
 @statsd(namespace="tasks")
 def process_ses_results(self, response):
-    errors = process_ses_response(response)
-    if errors:
-        current_app.logger.error(errors)
+    try:
+        errors = process_ses_response(response)
+        if errors:
+            current_app.logger.error(errors)
+    except Exception:
+        current_app.logger.exception('Error processing SES results')
         self.retry(queue=QueueNames.RETRY, exc="SES responses processed with error")
diff --git a/tests/app/celery/test_tasks.py b/tests/app/celery/test_tasks.py
index 39bce8e69..69f32c421 100644
--- a/tests/app/celery/test_tasks.py
+++ b/tests/app/celery/test_tasks.py
@@ -1398,7 +1398,15 @@ def test_process_ses_results(notify_db, notify_db_session, sample_email_template
     assert process_ses_results(response=response) is None
 
 
+def test_process_ses_results_does_not_retry_if_errors(notify_db, mocker):
+    mocked = mocker.patch('app.celery.tasks.process_ses_results.retry')
+    response = json.loads(ses_notification_callback())
+    process_ses_results(response=response)
+    assert mocked.call_count == 0
+
+
 def test_process_ses_results_retry_called(notify_db, mocker):
+    mocker.patch("app.dao.notifications_dao.update_notification_status_by_reference", side_effect=Exception("EXPECTED"))
     mocked = mocker.patch('app.celery.tasks.process_ses_results.retry')
     response = json.loads(ses_notification_callback())
     process_ses_results(response=response)