diff --git a/src/php/REST_API/Snippets/Snippets_REST_Controller.php b/src/php/REST_API/Snippets/Snippets_REST_Controller.php
index 3b36877ee..5a96f5315 100644
--- a/src/php/REST_API/Snippets/Snippets_REST_Controller.php
+++ b/src/php/REST_API/Snippets/Snippets_REST_Controller.php
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ public function get_item( $request ) {
 			return new WP_Error(
 				'rest_cannot_get',
 				__( 'The snippet could not be found.', 'code-snippets' ),
-				[ 'status' => 500 ]
+				[ 'status' => 404 ]
 			);
 		}