diff --git a/cmd/admin-handler-utils.go b/cmd/admin-handler-utils.go
index a6658468a..2cdc5cfa2 100644
--- a/cmd/admin-handler-utils.go
+++ b/cmd/admin-handler-utils.go
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func toAdminAPIErr(ctx context.Context, err error) APIError {
 			apiErr = APIError{
 				Code:           "XMinioAdminTierBackendInUse",
 				Description:    err.Error(),
-				HTTPStatusCode: http.StatusConflict,
+				HTTPStatusCode: http.StatusBadRequest,
 			}
 		case errors.Is(err, errTierBackendNotEmpty):
 			apiErr = APIError{
diff --git a/cmd/api-errors.go b/cmd/api-errors.go
index 638cac996..e01333207 100644
--- a/cmd/api-errors.go
+++ b/cmd/api-errors.go
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ var errorCodes = errorCodeMap{
 	ErrReplicationDenyEditError: {
 		Code:           "XMinioReplicationDenyEdit",
 		Description:    "Cannot alter local replication config since this server is in a cluster replication setup",
-		HTTPStatusCode: http.StatusConflict,
+		HTTPStatusCode: http.StatusBadRequest,
 	},
 	ErrBucketRemoteIdenticalToSource: {
 		Code:           "XMinioAdminRemoteIdenticalToSource",
@@ -1167,7 +1167,7 @@ var errorCodes = errorCodeMap{
 	ErrObjectExistsAsDirectory: {
 		Code:           "XMinioObjectExistsAsDirectory",
 		Description:    "Object name already exists as a directory.",
-		HTTPStatusCode: http.StatusConflict,
+		HTTPStatusCode: http.StatusBadRequest,
 	},
 	ErrInvalidObjectName: {
 		Code:           "XMinioInvalidObjectName",
diff --git a/cmd/bucket-versioning-handler.go b/cmd/bucket-versioning-handler.go
index 7e96b3a79..68d15fad0 100644
--- a/cmd/bucket-versioning-handler.go
+++ b/cmd/bucket-versioning-handler.go
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) PutBucketVersioningHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r
 	if globalSiteReplicationSys.isEnabled() && !v.Enabled() {
 		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, APIError{
 			Code:           "InvalidBucketState",
-			Description:    "Cluster replication is enabled for this site, so the versioning cannot be suspended.",
-			HTTPStatusCode: http.StatusConflict,
+			Description:    "Cluster replication is enabled on this site, versioning cannot be suspended on bucket.",
+			HTTPStatusCode: http.StatusBadRequest,
 		}, r.URL)
 		return
 	}
@@ -77,16 +77,16 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) PutBucketVersioningHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r
 	if rcfg, _ := globalBucketObjectLockSys.Get(bucket); rcfg.LockEnabled && (v.Suspended() || v.PrefixesExcluded()) {
 		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, APIError{
 			Code:           "InvalidBucketState",
-			Description:    "An Object Lock configuration is present on this bucket, so the versioning state cannot be changed.",
-			HTTPStatusCode: http.StatusConflict,
+			Description:    "An Object Lock configuration is present on this bucket, versioning cannot be suspended.",
+			HTTPStatusCode: http.StatusBadRequest,
 		}, r.URL)
 		return
 	}
 	if _, err := getReplicationConfig(ctx, bucket); err == nil && v.Suspended() {
 		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, APIError{
 			Code:           "InvalidBucketState",
-			Description:    "A replication configuration is present on this bucket, so the versioning state cannot be changed.",
-			HTTPStatusCode: http.StatusConflict,
+			Description:    "A replication configuration is present on this bucket, bucket wide versioning cannot be suspended.",
+			HTTPStatusCode: http.StatusBadRequest,
 		}, r.URL)
 		return
 	}