diff --git a/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/AsyncRabbitTemplate.java b/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/AsyncRabbitTemplate.java
index 5bc5f44c8..4a4861174 100644
--- a/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/AsyncRabbitTemplate.java
+++ b/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/AsyncRabbitTemplate.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.DirectReplyToMessageListenerContainer.ChannelHolder;
 import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.SimpleMessageListenerContainer;
 import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.api.ChannelAwareMessageListener;
+import org.springframework.amqp.support.converter.MessageConversionException;
 import org.springframework.amqp.support.converter.MessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.amqp.support.converter.SmartMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.amqp.utils.JavaUtils;
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@
  * @author Artem Bilan
  * @author FengYang Su
  * @author Ngoc Nhan
+ * @author Ben Efrati
  *
  * @since 1.6
  */
@@ -604,12 +606,17 @@ public void onMessage(Message message, Channel channel) {
 					if (future instanceof RabbitConverterFuture) {
 						MessageConverter messageConverter = this.template.getMessageConverter();
 						RabbitConverterFuture<Object> rabbitFuture = (RabbitConverterFuture<Object>) future;
-						Object converted = rabbitFuture.getReturnType() != null
+						try {
+							Object converted = rabbitFuture.getReturnType() != null
 								&& messageConverter instanceof SmartMessageConverter smart
 								? smart.fromMessage(message,
 								rabbitFuture.getReturnType())
 								: messageConverter.fromMessage(message);
-						rabbitFuture.complete(converted);
+							rabbitFuture.complete(converted);
+						}
+						catch (MessageConversionException e) {
+							rabbitFuture.completeExceptionally(e);
+						}
 					}
 					else {
 						((RabbitMessageFuture) future).complete(message);
diff --git a/spring-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/AsyncRabbitTemplateTests.java b/spring-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/AsyncRabbitTemplateTests.java
index b0cb6d92c..770e6178d 100644
--- a/spring-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/AsyncRabbitTemplateTests.java
+++ b/spring-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/AsyncRabbitTemplateTests.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.SimpleMessageListenerContainer;
 import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.adapter.MessageListenerAdapter;
 import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.adapter.ReplyingMessageListener;
+import org.springframework.amqp.support.converter.MessageConversionException;
 import org.springframework.amqp.support.converter.SimpleMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.amqp.support.postprocessor.GUnzipPostProcessor;
 import org.springframework.amqp.support.postprocessor.GZipPostProcessor;
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@
 /**
  * @author Gary Russell
  * @author Artem Bilan
+ * @author Ben Efrati
  *
  * @since 1.6
  */
@@ -394,6 +396,29 @@ public void testStopCancelled() throws Exception {
 		assertThat(callback.result).isNull();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	@DirtiesContext
+	public void testConversionException() throws InterruptedException {
+		this.asyncTemplate.getRabbitTemplate().setMessageConverter(new SimpleMessageConverter() {
+			@Override
+			public Object fromMessage(Message message) throws MessageConversionException {
+				throw new MessageConversionException("Failed to convert message");
+			}
+		});
+
+		RabbitConverterFuture<String> replyFuture = this.asyncTemplate.convertSendAndReceive("conversionException");
+
+		final CountDownLatch cdl = new CountDownLatch(1);
+		final AtomicReference<Object> resultRef = new AtomicReference<>();
+        replyFuture.whenComplete((result, ex) -> {
+			resultRef.set(result);
+			cdl.countDown();
+		});
+        assertThat(cdl.await(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)).isTrue();
+        assertThat(replyFuture).isCompletedExceptionally();
+        assertThat(resultRef.get()).isNull();
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void ctorCoverage() {
 		AsyncRabbitTemplate template = new AsyncRabbitTemplate(mock(ConnectionFactory.class), "ex", "rk");