diff --git a/airflow/providers/common/io/xcom/__init__.py b/airflow/providers/common/io/xcom/__init__.py
index 7977c868bb427d..b0460518a7ec8b 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/common/io/xcom/__init__.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/common/io/xcom/__init__.py
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 import packaging.version
 
+from airflow.exceptions import AirflowOptionalProviderFeatureException
+
 try:
     from airflow import __version__ as airflow_version
 except ImportError:
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@
 if packaging.version.parse(packaging.version.parse(airflow_version).base_version) < packaging.version.parse(
     "2.9.0"
 ):
-    raise RuntimeError(
+    raise AirflowOptionalProviderFeatureException(
         "The package xcom backend feature of `apache-airflow-providers-common-io` needs "
         "Apache Airflow 2.9.0+"
     )