diff --git a/packages/gatsby-source-contentful/src/__tests__/fetch-network-errors.js b/packages/gatsby-source-contentful/src/__tests__/fetch-network-errors.js
index 27c7045dadd87..8f3d0a2db687a 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-source-contentful/src/__tests__/fetch-network-errors.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-source-contentful/src/__tests__/fetch-network-errors.js
@@ -57,17 +57,17 @@ describe(`fetch-retry`, () => {
       .reply(200, { items: [{ code: `en`, default: true }] })
       // Sync
       .get(
-        `/spaces/${options.spaceId}/environments/master/sync?initial=true&limit=100`
+        `/spaces/${options.spaceId}/environments/master/sync?initial=true&limit=1000`
       )
       .times(1)
       .replyWithError({ code: `ETIMEDOUT` })
       .get(
-        `/spaces/${options.spaceId}/environments/master/sync?initial=true&limit=100`
+        `/spaces/${options.spaceId}/environments/master/sync?initial=true&limit=1000`
       )
       .reply(200, { items: [] })
       // Content types
       .get(
-        `/spaces/${options.spaceId}/environments/master/content_types?skip=0&limit=100&order=sys.createdAt`
+        `/spaces/${options.spaceId}/environments/master/content_types?skip=0&limit=1000&order=sys.createdAt`
       )
       .reply(200, { items: [] })
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ describe(`fetch-retry`, () => {
       .reply(200, { items: [{ code: `en`, default: true }] })
       // Sync
       .get(
-        `/spaces/${options.spaceId}/environments/master/sync?initial=true&limit=100`
+        `/spaces/${options.spaceId}/environments/master/sync?initial=true&limit=1000`
       )
       .times(3)
       .reply(
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-source-contentful/src/__tests__/fetch.js b/packages/gatsby-source-contentful/src/__tests__/fetch.js
index 4ef6d088992cc..4db1998618cf4 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-source-contentful/src/__tests__/fetch.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-source-contentful/src/__tests__/fetch.js
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ describe(`Displays troubleshooting tips and detailed plugin options on contentfu
   it(`API 404 response handling`, async () => {
     mockClient.getLocales.mockImplementation(() => {
       const err = new Error(`error`)
-      err.responseData = { status: 404 }
+      err.status = 404
       throw err
     })
 
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ describe(`Displays troubleshooting tips and detailed plugin options on contentfu
   it(`API authorization error handling`, async () => {
     mockClient.getLocales.mockImplementation(() => {
       const err = new Error(`error`)
-      err.responseData = { status: 401 }
+      err.status = 401
       throw err
     })
 
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-source-contentful/src/fetch.js b/packages/gatsby-source-contentful/src/fetch.js
index a42e6d55ab456..31aa77273a409 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-source-contentful/src/fetch.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-source-contentful/src/fetch.js
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ module.exports = async function contentfulFetch({
           sourceMessage: `We couldn't make a secure connection to your contentful space. Please check if you have any self-signed SSL certificates installed.`,
         },
       })
-    } else if (e.responseData) {
-      if (e.responseData.status === 404) {
+    } else if (e.status) {
+      if (e.status === 404) {
         // host and space used to generate url
         details = `Endpoint not found. Check if ${chalk.yellow(
           `host`
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ module.exports = async function contentfulFetch({
           host: `Check if setting is correct`,
           spaceId: `Check if setting is correct`,
         }
-      } else if (e.responseData.status === 401) {
+      } else if (e.status === 401) {
         // authorization error
         details = `Authorization error. Check if ${chalk.yellow(
           `accessToken`
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ ${formatPluginOptionsForCLI(pluginConfig.getOriginalPluginOptions(), errors)}`,
       } catch (e) {
         // Back off page limit if responses content length exceeds Contentfuls limits.
         if (
-          e.responseData.data.message.includes(`Response size too big`) &&
+          e.response?.data?.message.includes(`Response size too big`) &&
           currentPageLimit > 1
         ) {
           lastCurrentPageLimit = currentPageLimit