diff --git a/src/Runner.Listener/MessageListener.cs b/src/Runner.Listener/MessageListener.cs
index 59eddfbb1..cb8edb607 100644
--- a/src/Runner.Listener/MessageListener.cs
+++ b/src/Runner.Listener/MessageListener.cs
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                 try
                 {
                     _getMessagesTokenSource?.Cancel();
-                } 
+                }
                 catch (ObjectDisposedException)
                 {
                     Trace.Info("_getMessagesTokenSource is already disposed.");
@@ -245,6 +245,10 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                     _accessTokenRevoked = true;
                     throw;
                 }
+                catch (AccessDeniedException e) when (e.InnerException is InvalidTaskAgentVersionException)
+                {
+                    throw;
+                }
                 catch (Exception ex)
                 {
                     Trace.Error("Catch exception during get next message.");
@@ -289,7 +293,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                         await HostContext.Delay(_getNextMessageRetryInterval, token);
                     }
                 }
-                finally 
+                finally
                 {
                     _getMessagesTokenSource.Dispose();
                 }
diff --git a/src/Runner.Listener/Program.cs b/src/Runner.Listener/Program.cs
index d4d5e43eb..b12eda66b 100644
--- a/src/Runner.Listener/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Runner.Listener/Program.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
 
 namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
 {
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                         terminal.WriteLine("This runner version is built for Windows. Please install a correct build for your OS.");
                         return Constants.Runner.ReturnCode.TerminatedError;
                     }
-                    #if ARM64
+#if ARM64
                         // A little hacky, but windows gives no way to differentiate between windows 10 and 11.
                         // By default only 11 supports native x64 app emulation on arm, so we only want to support windows 11
                         // https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/arm/overview#build-windows-apps-that-run-on-arm
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                             terminal.WriteLine("Win-arm64 runners require windows 11 or later. Please upgrade your operating system.");
                             return Constants.Runner.ReturnCode.TerminatedError;
                         }
-                    #endif
+#endif
                     break;
                 default:
                     terminal.WriteLine($"Running the runner on this platform is not supported. The current platform is {RuntimeInformation.OSDescription} and it was built for {Constants.Runner.Platform.ToString()}.");
@@ -137,6 +138,12 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                 }
 
             }
+            catch (AccessDeniedException e) when (e.InnerException is InvalidTaskAgentVersionException)
+            {
+                terminal.WriteError($"An error occured: {e.Message}");
+                trace.Error(e);
+                return Constants.Runner.ReturnCode.TerminatedError;
+            }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
                 terminal.WriteError($"An error occurred: {e.Message}");