diff --git a/authentik/blueprints/api.py b/authentik/blueprints/api.py
index 764945f7b42e..cd5860297f9a 100644
--- a/authentik/blueprints/api.py
+++ b/authentik/blueprints/api.py
@@ -217,10 +217,7 @@ def apply(self, request: Request, *args, **kwargs) -> Response:
 
     @extend_schema(
         request={"multipart/form-data": BlueprintUploadSerializer},
-        responses={
-            204: BlueprintImportResultSerializer,
-            400: BlueprintImportResultSerializer,
-        },
+        responses={200: BlueprintImportResultSerializer},
     )
     @action(url_path="import", detail=False, methods=["POST"], parser_classes=(MultiPartParser,))
     @validate(
@@ -247,21 +244,13 @@ def import_(self, request: Request, body: BlueprintUploadSerializer) -> Response
 
         import_response = self.BlueprintImportResultSerializer(
             data={
-                "logs": [],
-                "success": False,
+                "logs": [LogEventSerializer(log).data for log in logs],
+                "success": valid,
             }
         )
         import_response.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
 
-        import_response.initial_data["logs"] = [LogEventSerializer(log).data for log in logs]
-        import_response.initial_data["success"] = valid
-        import_response.is_valid()
-        if not valid:
-            return Response(data=import_response.initial_data, status=200)
-
-        successful = importer.apply()
-        import_response.initial_data["success"] = successful
-        import_response.is_valid()
-        if not successful:
-            return Response(data=import_response.initial_data, status=200)
+        if valid:
+            import_response.initial_data["success"] = importer.apply()
+            import_response.is_valid()
         return Response(data=import_response.initial_data, status=200)
diff --git a/authentik/blueprints/tests/test_v1_api.py b/authentik/blueprints/tests/test_v1_api.py
index cf3d3aaa99e5..a889ac6a3eb5 100644
--- a/authentik/blueprints/tests/test_v1_api.py
+++ b/authentik/blueprints/tests/test_v1_api.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from json import dumps, loads
 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile, mkdtemp
 
+from django.core.files.uploadedfile import SimpleUploadedFile
 from django.urls import reverse
 from rest_framework.test import APITestCase
 from yaml import dump
@@ -141,6 +142,20 @@ def test_api_import_blank_path(self):
             )
         self.assertEqual(res.status_code, 200)
 
+    def test_api_import_invalid_blueprint_returns_result_payload(self):
+        """Invalid blueprint content returns a result payload instead of a 400 response."""
+        file = SimpleUploadedFile("invalid-blueprint.yaml", b'{"version": 3}')
+
+        res = self.client.post(
+            reverse("authentik_api:blueprintinstance-import-"),
+            data={"file": file},
+            format="multipart",
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(res.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertFalse(res.json()["success"])
+        self.assertGreater(len(res.json()["logs"]), 0)
+
     def test_api_import_unknown_path(self):
         """Path not in available blueprints is rejected (covers api.py:56)."""
         res = self.client.post(
diff --git a/schema.yml b/schema.yml
index 33583bf01aa8..a6792331fc0e 100644
--- a/schema.yml
+++ b/schema.yml
@@ -9678,18 +9678,14 @@ paths:
       security:
       - authentik: []
       responses:
-        '204':
+        '200':
           content:
             application/json:
               schema:
                 $ref: '#/components/schemas/BlueprintImportResult'
           description: ''
         '400':
-          content:
-            application/json:
-              schema:
-                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BlueprintImportResult'
-          description: ''
+          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationErrorResponse'
         '403':
           $ref: '#/components/responses/GenericErrorResponse'
   /oauth2/access_tokens/: