diff --git a/ocpp/messages.py b/ocpp/messages.py
index ac70419df..8ef07f595 100644
--- a/ocpp/messages.py
+++ b/ocpp/messages.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 from ocpp.exceptions import (
     FormatViolationError,
-    NotImplementedError,
     OCPPError,
     PropertyConstraintViolationError,
     ProtocolError,
@@ -230,10 +229,14 @@ def _validate_payload(message: Union[Call, CallResult], ocpp_version: str) -> No
             validator = get_validator(
                 message.message_type_id, message.action, ocpp_version
             )
-    except (OSError, json.JSONDecodeError):
-        raise NotImplementedError(
-            details={"cause": f"Failed to validate action: {message.action}"}
-        )
+    except OSError as e:
+        raise ValidationError(
+            f"JSON validation schema not found for action: {message.action}"
+        ) from e
+    except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
+        raise ValidationError(
+            f"Error in decoding JSON validation schema for action: {message.action}"
+        ) from e
 
     try:
         validator.validate(message.payload)
diff --git a/tests/test_messages.py b/tests/test_messages.py
index 0ada09e00..a82641fe3 100644
--- a/tests/test_messages.py
+++ b/tests/test_messages.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 import ocpp
 from ocpp.exceptions import (
     FormatViolationError,
-    NotImplementedError,
     PropertyConstraintViolationError,
     ProtocolError,
     TypeConstraintViolationError,
@@ -258,7 +257,7 @@ def test_validate_payload_with_non_existing_schema():
         payload={"invalid_key": True},
     )
 
-    with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError):
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
         _validate_payload(message, ocpp_version="1.6")