diff --git a/system/HTTP/Exceptions/RedirectException.php b/system/HTTP/Exceptions/RedirectException.php
index 5ec01110a4a7..2f26013876b2 100644
--- a/system/HTTP/Exceptions/RedirectException.php
+++ b/system/HTTP/Exceptions/RedirectException.php
@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@
  */
 class RedirectException extends RuntimeException implements ExceptionInterface, ResponsableInterface, HTTPExceptionInterface
 {
+    private const DEFAULT_STATUS_CODE = 302;
+
     /**
      * Status code applied to a Response whose status is outside the 301-308 range.
      */
-    protected int $defaultStatusCode = 302;
+    protected int $defaultStatusCode = self::DEFAULT_STATUS_CODE;
 
     protected ?ResponseInterface $response = null;
 
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ class RedirectException extends RuntimeException implements ExceptionInterface,
      * @param ResponseInterface|string $message Response object or a string containing a relative URI.
      * @param int                      $code    HTTP status code to redirect if $message is a string.
      */
-    public function __construct($message = '', int $code = 0, ?Throwable $previous = null)
+    public function __construct($message = '', int $code = self::DEFAULT_STATUS_CODE, ?Throwable $previous = null)
     {
         if (! is_string($message) && ! $message instanceof ResponseInterface) {
             throw new InvalidArgumentException(
diff --git a/tests/system/HTTP/RedirectExceptionTest.php b/tests/system/HTTP/RedirectExceptionTest.php
index a533f3a8c011..4a787830c1f4 100644
--- a/tests/system/HTTP/RedirectExceptionTest.php
+++ b/tests/system/HTTP/RedirectExceptionTest.php
@@ -88,6 +88,17 @@ public function testResponseWithoutStatusCodeUsesSubclassDefault(): void
         $this->assertSame(307, $response->getStatusCode());
     }
 
+    public function testStringMessageWithoutExplicitCodeDefaultsTo302(): void
+    {
+        $exception = new RedirectException('relative/uri');
+
+        $this->assertSame(302, $exception->getCode());
+
+        $response = $exception->getResponse();
+
+        $this->assertSame(302, $response->getStatusCode());
+    }
+
     public function testLoggingLocationHeader(): void
     {
         Time::setTestNow('2023-11-25 12:00:00');