diff --git a/dsc/utilities/aws/sqs.py b/dsc/utilities/aws/sqs.py
index 7b47187..9c5665e 100644
--- a/dsc/utilities/aws/sqs.py
+++ b/dsc/utilities/aws/sqs.py
@@ -114,8 +114,7 @@ def process_result_message(self, sqs_message: MessageTypeDef) -> tuple[str, str]
         Args:
             sqs_message: An SQS result message to be processed.
         """
-        if not self.validate_message(sqs_message):
-            raise InvalidSQSMessageError
+        self.validate_message(sqs_message)
         identifier = sqs_message["MessageAttributes"]["PackageID"]["StringValue"]
         message_body = json.loads(str(sqs_message["Body"]))
         self.delete(sqs_message["ReceiptHandle"])
@@ -160,56 +159,45 @@ def send(
         logger.debug(f"Response from SQS queue: {response}")
         return response
 
-    def validate_message(self, sqs_message: MessageTypeDef) -> bool:
+    def validate_message(self, sqs_message: MessageTypeDef) -> None:
         """Validate that an SQS message is formatted as expected.
 
         Args:
             sqs_message:  An SQS message to be evaluated.
 
         """
-        valid = False
         if not sqs_message.get("ReceiptHandle"):
-            logger.exception(
-                f"Failed to retrieve 'ReceiptHandle' from message: {sqs_message}"
-            )
-        elif self.validate_message_attributes(
-            sqs_message=sqs_message
-        ) and self.validate_message_body(sqs_message=sqs_message):
-            valid = True
-        return valid
+            message = f"Failed to retrieve 'ReceiptHandle' from message: {sqs_message}"
+            raise InvalidSQSMessageError(message)
+        self.validate_message_attributes(sqs_message=sqs_message)
+        self.validate_message_body(sqs_message=sqs_message)
 
     @staticmethod
-    def validate_message_attributes(sqs_message: MessageTypeDef) -> bool:
+    def validate_message_attributes(sqs_message: MessageTypeDef) -> None:
         """Validate that "MessageAttributes" field is formatted as expected.
 
         Args:
             sqs_message: An SQS message to be evaluated.
         """
-        valid = False
         if (
-            "MessageAttributes" in sqs_message
-            and any(
+            "MessageAttributes" not in sqs_message
+            or not any(
                 field
                 for field in sqs_message["MessageAttributes"]
                 if "PackageID" in field
             )
-            and sqs_message["MessageAttributes"]["PackageID"].get("StringValue")
+            or not sqs_message["MessageAttributes"]["PackageID"].get("StringValue")
         ):
-            valid = True
-        else:
-            logger.exception(f"Failed to parse SQS message attributes: {sqs_message}")
-        return valid
+            message = f"Failed to parse SQS message attributes: {sqs_message}"
+            raise InvalidSQSMessageError(message)
 
     @staticmethod
-    def validate_message_body(sqs_message: MessageTypeDef) -> bool:
+    def validate_message_body(sqs_message: MessageTypeDef) -> None:
         """Validate that "Body" field is formatted as expected.
 
         Args:
             sqs_message: An SQS message to be evaluated.
         """
-        valid = False
-        if "Body" in sqs_message and json.loads(str(sqs_message["Body"])):
-            valid = True
-        else:
-            logger.exception(f"Failed to parse SQS message body: {sqs_message}")
-        return valid
+        if "Body" not in sqs_message or not json.loads(str(sqs_message["Body"])):
+            message = f"Failed to parse SQS message body: {sqs_message}"
+            raise InvalidSQSMessageError(message)
diff --git a/tests/test_sqs.py b/tests/test_sqs.py
index 906907b..f826b7b 100644
--- a/tests/test_sqs.py
+++ b/tests/test_sqs.py
@@ -133,31 +133,34 @@ def test_sqs_send_success(
     assert response["ResponseMetadata"]["HTTPStatusCode"] == HTTPStatus.OK
 
 
-def test_sqs_validate_message_no_receipthandle_false(
+def test_sqs_validate_message_no_receipthandle_invalid(
     mocked_sqs_input, sqs_client, result_message_valid
 ):
-    assert not sqs_client.validate_message(sqs_message={})
+    with pytest.raises(InvalidSQSMessageError):
+        sqs_client.validate_message(sqs_message={})
 
 
-def test_sqs_validate_message_true(mocked_sqs_input, sqs_client, result_message_valid):
-    assert sqs_client.validate_message(sqs_message=result_message_valid)
+def test_sqs_validate_message_valid(mocked_sqs_input, sqs_client, result_message_valid):
+    assert not sqs_client.validate_message(sqs_message=result_message_valid)
 
 
-def test_sqs_validate_message_attributes_false(mocked_sqs_input, sqs_client):
-    assert not sqs_client.validate_message_attributes(sqs_message={})
+def test_sqs_validate_message_attributes_invalid(mocked_sqs_input, sqs_client):
+    with pytest.raises(InvalidSQSMessageError):
+        sqs_client.validate_message_attributes(sqs_message={})
 
 
-def test_sqs_validate_message_attributes_true(
+def test_sqs_validate_message_attributes_valid(
     mocked_sqs_input, sqs_client, result_message_valid
 ):
-    assert sqs_client.validate_message_attributes(sqs_message=result_message_valid)
+    assert not sqs_client.validate_message_attributes(sqs_message=result_message_valid)
 
 
-def test_sqs_validate_message_body_false(caplog, mocked_sqs_input, sqs_client):
-    assert not sqs_client.validate_message_body(sqs_message={None})
+def test_sqs_validate_message_body_invalid(caplog, mocked_sqs_input, sqs_client):
+    with pytest.raises(InvalidSQSMessageError):
+        sqs_client.validate_message_body(sqs_message={})
 
 
-def test_sqs_validate_message_body_true(
+def test_sqs_validate_message_body_valid(
     mocked_sqs_input, sqs_client, result_message_valid
 ):
-    assert sqs_client.validate_message_body(sqs_message=result_message_valid)
+    assert not sqs_client.validate_message_body(sqs_message=result_message_valid)