diff --git a/multiversx_sdk_cli/_version.py b/multiversx_sdk_cli/_version.py
index 98886d26..15cf1350 100644
--- a/multiversx_sdk_cli/_version.py
+++ b/multiversx_sdk_cli/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "5.2.1"
+__version__ = "5.2.2"
diff --git a/multiversx_sdk_cli/contract_verification.py b/multiversx_sdk_cli/contract_verification.py
index eac612ad..df121100 100644
--- a/multiversx_sdk_cli/contract_verification.py
+++ b/multiversx_sdk_cli/contract_verification.py
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 from nacl.signing import SigningKey
 import requests
 
+HTTP_REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 408
+HTTP_SUCCESS = 200
+
 logger = logging.getLogger("cli.contracts.verifier")
 
 class ContractVerificationRequest:
@@ -79,19 +82,25 @@ def trigger_contract_verification(
     request_dictionary = contract_verification.to_dictionary()
 
     url = f"{verifier_url}/verifier"
-    response = requests.post(url, json=request_dictionary).json()
+    response = requests.post(url, json=request_dictionary)
 
-    status = response.get("status", "")
-    if status:
-        logger.info(f"Task status: {status}")
+    if response.status_code == HTTP_REQUEST_TIMEOUT:
+        task_id = response.json().get("taskId", "")
 
-        if status == "error":
-            dump_out_json(response)
+        if task_id:
+            query_status_with_task_id(verifier_url, task_id)
         else:
-            dump_out_json(response)
-    else:
-        task_id = response.get("taskId", "")
-        query_status_with_task_id(verifier_url, task_id)
+            dump_out_json(response.json())
+    elif response.status_code != HTTP_SUCCESS:
+        dump_out_json(response.json())
+    elif response.status_code == HTTP_SUCCESS:
+        status = response.json().get("status", "")
+        if status:
+            logger.info(f"Task status: {status}")
+            dump_out_json(response.json())
+        else:
+            task_id = response.json().get("taskId", "")
+            query_status_with_task_id(verifier_url, task_id)
 
 
 def query_status_with_task_id(url: str, task_id: str, interval: int = 10):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ab2d5193..949256fa 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import setuptools
 
-VERSION = "5.2.1"
+VERSION = "5.2.2"
 
 try:
     with open('./multiversx_sdk_cli/_version.py', 'wt') as versionfile: