diff --git a/sdk/python/v1beta1/kubeflow/katib/api/katib_client.py b/sdk/python/v1beta1/kubeflow/katib/api/katib_client.py
index b641800290f..caf2a45aaca 100644
--- a/sdk/python/v1beta1/kubeflow/katib/api/katib_client.py
+++ b/sdk/python/v1beta1/kubeflow/katib/api/katib_client.py
@@ -569,16 +569,14 @@ class name in this argument.
                     ),
                 )
             except Exception as e:
-                pvc_list = self.core_api.list_namespaced_persistent_volume_claim(
-                    namespace=namespace
-                )
-                # Check if the PVC with the specified name exists.
-                for pvc in pvc_list.items:
-                    if pvc.metadata.name == name:
-                        print(
-                            f"PVC '{name}' already exists in namespace " f"{namespace}."
-                        )
-                        break
+                if hasattr(e, "status") and e.status == 422:
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        f"The Experiment name '{name}' is invalid. It must use only lowercase "
+                        f"alphanumeric characters ('a-z', '0-9'), hyphens ('-'), or periods ('.'). "
+                        f"It must also start and end with an alphanumeric character."
+                    )
+                elif hasattr(e, "status") and e.status == 409:
+                    print(f"PVC '{name}' already exists in namespace " f"{namespace}.")
                 else:
                     raise RuntimeError(f"failed to create PVC. Error: {e}")
 
diff --git a/sdk/python/v1beta1/kubeflow/katib/api/katib_client_test.py b/sdk/python/v1beta1/kubeflow/katib/api/katib_client_test.py
index 0a78d75f3bb..f6a17017c34 100644
--- a/sdk/python/v1beta1/kubeflow/katib/api/katib_client_test.py
+++ b/sdk/python/v1beta1/kubeflow/katib/api/katib_client_test.py
@@ -310,6 +310,13 @@ def create_experiment(
         },
         ValueError,
     ),
+    (
+        "invalid name format",
+        {
+            "name": "Llama3.1-fine-tune",
+        },
+        ValueError,
+    ),
     (
         "invalid hybrid parameters - objective and model_provider_parameters",
         {