diff --git a/libs/admin-console/src/common/collections/models/collection-admin.view.ts b/libs/admin-console/src/common/collections/models/collection-admin.view.ts
index 4e4ebae964e..d5effaad3aa 100644
--- a/libs/admin-console/src/common/collections/models/collection-admin.view.ts
+++ b/libs/admin-console/src/common/collections/models/collection-admin.view.ts
@@ -121,13 +121,13 @@ export class CollectionAdminView extends CollectionView {
     try {
       view.name = await encryptService.decryptString(new EncString(view.name), orgKey);
     } catch (e) {
-      view.name = "[error: cannot decrypt]";
       // Note: This should be replaced by the owning team with appropriate, domain-specific behavior.
       // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
       console.error(
         "[CollectionAdminView/fromCollectionAccessDetails] Error decrypting collection name",
         e,
       );
+      throw e;
     }
     view.assigned = collection.assigned;
     view.readOnly = collection.readOnly;
diff --git a/libs/admin-console/src/common/collections/models/collection.view.ts b/libs/admin-console/src/common/collections/models/collection.view.ts
index 64b6e2a9d1e..2991e8bb171 100644
--- a/libs/admin-console/src/common/collections/models/collection.view.ts
+++ b/libs/admin-console/src/common/collections/models/collection.view.ts
@@ -126,14 +126,7 @@ export class CollectionView implements View, ITreeNodeObject {
   ): Promise<CollectionView> {
     const view = new CollectionView({ ...collection, name: "" });
 
-    try {
-      view.name = await encryptService.decryptString(collection.name, key);
-    } catch (e) {
-      view.name = "[error: cannot decrypt]";
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-      console.error("[CollectionView] Error decrypting collection name", e);
-    }
-
+    view.name = await encryptService.decryptString(collection.name, key);
     view.assigned = true;
     view.externalId = collection.externalId;
     view.readOnly = collection.readOnly;
@@ -154,10 +147,10 @@ export class CollectionView implements View, ITreeNodeObject {
     try {
       view.name = await encryptService.decryptString(new EncString(collection.name), orgKey);
     } catch (e) {
-      view.name = "[error: cannot decrypt]";
       // Note: This should be replaced by the owning team with appropriate, domain-specific behavior.
       // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
       console.error("[CollectionView] Error decrypting collection name", e);
+      throw e;
     }
 
     view.externalId = collection.externalId;