diff --git a/task-sdk/src/airflow/sdk/definitions/variable.py b/task-sdk/src/airflow/sdk/definitions/variable.py
index a379022a90918..4d2d3b17e8440 100644
--- a/task-sdk/src/airflow/sdk/definitions/variable.py
+++ b/task-sdk/src/airflow/sdk/definitions/variable.py
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ def set(cls, key: str, value: Any, description: str | None = None, serialize_jso
             return _set_variable(key, value, description, serialize_json=serialize_json)
         except AirflowRuntimeError as e:
             log.exception(e)
+            raise
 
     @classmethod
     def keys(cls, prefix: str | None = None) -> Sequence[str]:
@@ -101,3 +102,4 @@ def delete(cls, key: str) -> None:
             _delete_variable(key=key)
         except AirflowRuntimeError as e:
             log.exception(e)
+            raise
diff --git a/task-sdk/tests/task_sdk/definitions/test_variables.py b/task-sdk/tests/task_sdk/definitions/test_variables.py
index 6e94ccf503f8c..2f9d3d9e4d6e6 100644
--- a/task-sdk/tests/task_sdk/definitions/test_variables.py
+++ b/task-sdk/tests/task_sdk/definitions/test_variables.py
@@ -25,7 +25,15 @@
 
 from airflow.sdk import Variable
 from airflow.sdk.configuration import initialize_secrets_backends
-from airflow.sdk.execution_time.comms import GetVariableKeys, PutVariable, VariableKeysResult, VariableResult
+from airflow.sdk.exceptions import AirflowRuntimeError, ErrorType
+from airflow.sdk.execution_time.comms import (
+    DeleteVariable,
+    ErrorResponse,
+    GetVariableKeys,
+    PutVariable,
+    VariableKeysResult,
+    VariableResult,
+)
 from airflow.sdk.execution_time.secrets import DEFAULT_SECRETS_SEARCH_PATH_WORKERS
 
 from tests_common.test_utils.config import conf_vars
@@ -89,6 +97,31 @@ def test_var_set(self, key, value, description, serialize_json, mock_supervisor_
             ),
         )
 
+    def test_var_set_raises_on_runtime_error(self, mock_supervisor_comms):
+        with mock.patch(
+            "airflow.sdk.execution_time.context._set_variable",
+            side_effect=AirflowRuntimeError(
+                ErrorResponse(error=ErrorType.GENERIC_ERROR, detail={"message": "API_SERVER_ERROR"})
+            ),
+        ):
+            with pytest.raises(AirflowRuntimeError):
+                Variable.set(key="my_key", value="my_value")
+
+    def test_var_delete(self, mock_supervisor_comms):
+        Variable.delete(key="my_key")
+
+        mock_supervisor_comms.send.assert_called_once_with(msg=DeleteVariable(key="my_key"))
+
+    def test_var_delete_raises_on_runtime_error(self, mock_supervisor_comms):
+        with mock.patch(
+            "airflow.sdk.execution_time.context._delete_variable",
+            side_effect=AirflowRuntimeError(
+                ErrorResponse(error=ErrorType.GENERIC_ERROR, detail={"message": "API_SERVER_ERROR"})
+            ),
+        ):
+            with pytest.raises(AirflowRuntimeError):
+                Variable.delete(key="my_key")
+
 
 class TestVariableKeys:
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(