diff --git a/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/sensors/quicksight.py b/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/sensors/quicksight.py
index fed0faf3dadce..fc90ecbe45c5f 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/sensors/quicksight.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/sensors/quicksight.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 from functools import cached_property
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Sequence
 
-from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException
+from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException, AirflowSkipException
 from airflow.providers.amazon.aws.hooks.quicksight import QuickSightHook
 from airflow.providers.amazon.aws.hooks.sts import StsHook
 from airflow.sensors.base import BaseSensorOperator
@@ -78,7 +78,10 @@ def poke(self, context: Context) -> bool:
         self.log.info("QuickSight Status: %s", quicksight_ingestion_state)
         if quicksight_ingestion_state in self.errored_statuses:
             error = self.quicksight_hook.get_error_info(aws_account_id, self.data_set_id, self.ingestion_id)
-            raise AirflowException(f"The QuickSight Ingestion failed. Error info: {error}")
+            message = f"The QuickSight Ingestion failed. Error info: {error}"
+            if self.soft_fail:
+                raise AirflowSkipException(message)
+            raise AirflowException(message)
         return quicksight_ingestion_state == self.success_status
 
     @cached_property
diff --git a/tests/providers/amazon/aws/sensors/test_quicksight.py b/tests/providers/amazon/aws/sensors/test_quicksight.py
index e85c21e896547..ba3ce83789abb 100644
--- a/tests/providers/amazon/aws/sensors/test_quicksight.py
+++ b/tests/providers/amazon/aws/sensors/test_quicksight.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 from moto import mock_sts
 from moto.core import DEFAULT_ACCOUNT_ID
 
-from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException
+from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException, AirflowSkipException
 from airflow.providers.amazon.aws.hooks.quicksight import QuickSightHook
 from airflow.providers.amazon.aws.sensors.quicksight import QuickSightSensor
 
@@ -71,3 +71,18 @@ def test_poke_initialized(self, mock_get_status):
         mock_get_status.return_value = "INITIALIZED"
         assert self.sensor.poke({}) is False
         mock_get_status.assert_called_once_with(DEFAULT_ACCOUNT_ID, DATA_SET_ID, INGESTION_ID)
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "soft_fail, expected_exception", ((False, AirflowException), (True, AirflowSkipException))
+    )
+    @mock.patch("airflow.providers.amazon.aws.hooks.sts.StsHook.get_account_number")
+    @mock.patch("airflow.providers.amazon.aws.hooks.quicksight.QuickSightHook.get_status")
+    @mock.patch("airflow.providers.amazon.aws.hooks.quicksight.QuickSightHook.get_error_info")
+    def test_fail_poke(self, get_error_info, get_status, _, soft_fail, expected_exception):
+        self.sensor.soft_fail = soft_fail
+        error = "expected error"
+        message = f"The QuickSight Ingestion failed. Error info: {error}"
+        with pytest.raises(expected_exception, match=message):
+            get_status.return_value = "FAILED"
+            get_error_info.return_value = message
+            self.sensor.poke(context={})