diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a0830c2..848c0f4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ## 3.1.0 [unreleased]
 
+### Bug Fixes
+1. [#134](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb-client-ruby/pull/134): Support influxdb v1.8 HTTP error response message. Prior to this change, in case of an HTTP error response (influxDB v1.8) the InfluxError had empty message.
+
 ## 3.0.0 [2023-12-05]
 
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/lib/influxdb2/client/influx_error.rb b/lib/influxdb2/client/influx_error.rb
index aad02a0..dde3873 100644
--- a/lib/influxdb2/client/influx_error.rb
+++ b/lib/influxdb2/client/influx_error.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def initialize(original = nil, message:, code:, reference:, retry_after:)
 
     def self.from_response(response)
       json = JSON.parse(response.body)
-      obj = new(message: json['message'] || '', code: response.code, reference: json['code'] || '',
+      obj = new(message: json['message'] || json['error'] || '', code: response.code, reference: json['code'] || '',
                 retry_after: response['Retry-After'] || '')
       obj
     rescue JSON::ParserError