diff --git a/extensions/data-transfer/portability-data-transfer-google/src/main/java/org/datatransferproject/datatransfer/google/videos/GoogleVideosInterface.java b/extensions/data-transfer/portability-data-transfer-google/src/main/java/org/datatransferproject/datatransfer/google/videos/GoogleVideosInterface.java
index 00ff05bf3..7b3a5d456 100644
--- a/extensions/data-transfer/portability-data-transfer-google/src/main/java/org/datatransferproject/datatransfer/google/videos/GoogleVideosInterface.java
+++ b/extensions/data-transfer/portability-data-transfer-google/src/main/java/org/datatransferproject/datatransfer/google/videos/GoogleVideosInterface.java
@@ -244,6 +244,11 @@ public static PhotosLibraryClient buildPhotosLibraryClient(
     return PhotosLibraryClient.initialize(settings);
   }
 
+  private static boolean isTokenException(String message) {
+    return message.contains("invalid_grant")
+        || message.contains("The upload could not be initialized. Unauthorized");
+  }
+
   /**
    * Uploads `video` via {@link com.google.photos.library.v1.PhotosLibraryClient} APIs.
    *
@@ -278,10 +283,8 @@ public static Pair<String, Long> uploadVideo(
           String message = cause.getMessage();
           if (message.contains("The upload url is either finalized or rejected by the server")) {
             throw new UploadErrorException("Upload was terminated because of error", cause);
-          } else if (message.contains("invalid_grant")) {
+          } else if (isTokenException(message)) {
             throw new InvalidTokenException("Token has been expired or revoked", cause);
-          } else if (message.contains("The upload could not be initialized. Unauthorized")) {
-            throw new InvalidTokenException("uploadVideo could not be initialized. Unauthorized", cause);
           }
         }
 
@@ -296,7 +299,7 @@ public static Pair<String, Long> uploadVideo(
       // temp check as exception is not captured and wrapped into UploadMediaItemResponse
       Throwable cause = ex.getCause();
       String message = cause.getMessage();
-      if (message.contains("invalid_grant")) {
+      if (isTokenException(message)) {
         throw new InvalidTokenException("Token has been expired or revoked", cause);
       }
       throw new IOException("An error was encountered while uploading the video.", cause);
diff --git a/extensions/data-transfer/portability-data-transfer-google/src/test/java/org/datatransferproject/datatransfer/google/videos/GoogleVideosImporterTest.java b/extensions/data-transfer/portability-data-transfer-google/src/test/java/org/datatransferproject/datatransfer/google/videos/GoogleVideosImporterTest.java
index 2f76a007a..3a7157b4a 100644
--- a/extensions/data-transfer/portability-data-transfer-google/src/test/java/org/datatransferproject/datatransfer/google/videos/GoogleVideosImporterTest.java
+++ b/extensions/data-transfer/portability-data-transfer-google/src/test/java/org/datatransferproject/datatransfer/google/videos/GoogleVideosImporterTest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString;
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
+import com.google.api.gax.rpc.ApiException;
+import com.google.api.gax.rpc.StatusCode;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.common.io.Files;
 import com.google.photos.library.v1.PhotosLibraryClient;
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@
 import org.datatransferproject.spi.cloud.storage.TemporaryPerJobDataStore.InputStreamWrapper;
 import org.datatransferproject.spi.transfer.idempotentexecutor.InMemoryIdempotentImportExecutor;
 import org.datatransferproject.spi.transfer.provider.ImportResult;
+import org.datatransferproject.spi.transfer.types.InvalidTokenException;
 import org.datatransferproject.types.common.models.videos.VideoAlbum;
 import org.datatransferproject.types.common.models.videos.VideoModel;
 import org.datatransferproject.types.common.models.videos.VideosContainerResource;
@@ -63,6 +67,8 @@
 import org.datatransferproject.types.transfer.errors.ErrorDetail;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
 import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
 import org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers;
 
@@ -85,6 +91,15 @@ public class GoogleVideosImporterTest {
   private PhotosLibraryClient client;
   private UUID jobId;
 
+  class TestStatusCode implements StatusCode {
+    public StatusCode.Code getCode() {
+      return StatusCode.Code.PERMISSION_DENIED;
+    }
+
+    public Object getTransportCode() {
+      return 401;
+    }
+  }
 
   @BeforeEach
   public void setUp() throws Exception {
@@ -473,4 +488,76 @@ public void importSameVideoInTwoDifferentAlbums() throws Exception {
      assertEquals(64L, bytes,"Expected the number of bytes to be the two files of 32L.");
      assertEquals(0, executor.getErrors().size(),"Expected executor to have no errors.");
   }
+
+  @ParameterizedTest
+  @ValueSource(strings = {"invalid_grant", "The upload could not be initialized. Unauthorized"})
+  public void refreshTokenErrorsThrowInvalidTokenException(String errorMessage) throws Exception {
+    VideoModel videoModel =
+        new VideoModel(
+            VIDEO_TITLE,
+            VIDEO_URI,
+            VIDEO_DESCRIPTION,
+            MP4_MEDIA_TYPE,
+            "dataId",
+            "album1",
+            false,
+            null);
+
+    when(client.uploadMediaItem(any()))
+        .thenThrow(
+            new ApiException(
+                errorMessage, new Exception(errorMessage), new TestStatusCode(), false));
+
+    InMemoryIdempotentImportExecutor executor =
+        new InMemoryIdempotentImportExecutor(mock(Monitor.class));
+    assertThrows(
+        InvalidTokenException.class,
+        () ->
+            googleVideosImporter.importItem(
+                jobId,
+                executor,
+                mock(TokensAndUrlAuthData.class),
+                new VideosContainerResource(List.of(), List.of(videoModel))));
+  }
+
+  @ParameterizedTest
+  @ValueSource(strings = {"invalid_grant", "The upload could not be initialized. Unauthorized"})
+  public void refreshTokenErrorsThrowInvalidTokenExceptionWhenErrorReturned(String errorMessage)
+      throws Exception {
+    VideoModel videoModel =
+        new VideoModel(
+            VIDEO_TITLE,
+            VIDEO_URI,
+            VIDEO_DESCRIPTION,
+            MP4_MEDIA_TYPE,
+            "dataId",
+            "album1",
+            false,
+            null);
+
+    when(client.uploadMediaItem(any()))
+        .thenReturn(
+            UploadMediaItemResponse.newBuilder()
+                .setError(
+                    UploadMediaItemResponse.Error.newBuilder()
+                        .setCause(
+                            new ApiException(
+                                errorMessage,
+                                new Exception(errorMessage),
+                                new TestStatusCode(),
+                                false))
+                        .build())
+                .build());
+
+    InMemoryIdempotentImportExecutor executor =
+        new InMemoryIdempotentImportExecutor(mock(Monitor.class));
+    assertThrows(
+        InvalidTokenException.class,
+        () ->
+            googleVideosImporter.importItem(
+                jobId,
+                executor,
+                mock(TokensAndUrlAuthData.class),
+                new VideosContainerResource(List.of(), List.of(videoModel))));
+  }
 }