diff --git a/addons/payment_mercado_pago/i18n/payment_mercado_pago.pot b/addons/payment_mercado_pago/i18n/payment_mercado_pago.pot
index c7df332741a..f0afaddb5ae 100644
--- a/addons/payment_mercado_pago/i18n/payment_mercado_pago.pot
+++ b/addons/payment_mercado_pago/i18n/payment_mercado_pago.pot
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 #
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: Odoo Server 17.0\n"
+"Project-Id-Version: Odoo Server 17.0+e\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-10-26 21:56+0000\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2023-10-26 21:56+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2024-02-06 13:57+0000\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2024-02-06 13:57+0000\n"
 "Last-Translator: \n"
 "Language-Team: \n"
 "MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
@@ -147,6 +147,15 @@ msgid ""
 "information: '%s' (code %s)"
 msgstr ""
 
+#. module: payment_mercado_pago
+#. odoo-python
+#: code:addons/payment_mercado_pago/models/payment_provider.py:0
+#, python-format
+msgid ""
+"The communication with the API failed. The response is empty. Please verify "
+"your access token."
+msgstr ""
+
 #. module: payment_mercado_pago
 #: model:ir.model.fields,help:payment_mercado_pago.field_payment_provider__code
 msgid "The technical code of this payment provider."
diff --git a/addons/payment_mercado_pago/models/payment_provider.py b/addons/payment_mercado_pago/models/payment_provider.py
index d3697e3fb57..c72ed5e68fe 100644
--- a/addons/payment_mercado_pago/models/payment_provider.py
+++ b/addons/payment_mercado_pago/models/payment_provider.py
@@ -65,13 +65,19 @@ class PaymentProvider(models.Model):
                     _logger.exception(
                         "Invalid API request at %s with data:\n%s", url, pprint.pformat(payload),
                     )
-                    response_content = response.json()
-                    error_code = response_content.get('error')
-                    error_message = response_content.get('message')
-                    raise ValidationError("Mercado Pago: " + _(
-                        "The communication with the API failed. Mercado Pago gave us the following "
-                        "information: '%s' (code %s)", error_message, error_code
-                    ))
+                    try:
+                        response_content = response.json()
+                        error_code = response_content.get('error')
+                        error_message = response_content.get('message')
+                        raise ValidationError("Mercado Pago: " + _(
+                            "The communication with the API failed. Mercado Pago gave us the"
+                            " following information: '%s' (code %s)", error_message, error_code
+                        ))
+                    except ValueError:  # The response can be empty when the access token is wrong.
+                        raise ValidationError("Mercado Pago: " + _(
+                            "The communication with the API failed. The response is empty. Please"
+                            " verify your access token."
+                        ))
         except (requests.exceptions.ConnectionError, requests.exceptions.Timeout):
             _logger.exception("Unable to reach endpoint at %s", url)
             raise ValidationError(