diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-apigateway/lib/deployment.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-apigateway/lib/deployment.ts
index 4c1b6f7adbf1a..ee2111d8ce067 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-apigateway/lib/deployment.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-apigateway/lib/deployment.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { CfnDeployment } from './apigateway.generated';
 import { Method } from './method';
 import { IRestApi, RestApi, SpecRestApi, RestApiBase } from './restapi';
 import { Lazy, RemovalPolicy, Resource, CfnResource } from '../../core';
-import { UnscopedValidationError } from '../../core/lib/errors';
+import { ValidationError } from '../../core/lib/errors';
 import { md5hash } from '../../core/lib/helpers-internal';
 
 export interface DeploymentProps {
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ class LatestDeploymentResource extends CfnDeployment {
     // if the construct is locked, it means we are already synthesizing and then
     // we can't modify the hash because we might have already calculated it.
     if (this.node.locked) {
-      throw new UnscopedValidationError('Cannot modify the logical ID when the construct is locked');
+      throw new ValidationError('Cannot modify the logical ID when the construct is locked', this);
     }
 
     this.hashComponents.push(data);
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-apigateway/lib/integration.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-apigateway/lib/integration.ts
index fe02f36d32bee..ad246c9034b30 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-apigateway/lib/integration.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-apigateway/lib/integration.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Method } from './method';
 import { IVpcLink, VpcLink } from './vpc-link';
 import * as iam from '../../aws-iam';
 import { Lazy, Duration } from '../../core';
-import { UnscopedValidationError } from '../../core/lib/errors';
+import { UnscopedValidationError, ValidationError } from '../../core/lib/errors';
 
 export interface IntegrationOptions {
   /**
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ export class Integration {
    * Can be overridden by subclasses to allow the integration to interact with the method
    * being integrated, access the REST API object, method ARNs, etc.
    */
-  public bind(_method: Method): IntegrationConfig {
+  public bind(method: Method): IntegrationConfig {
     let uri = this.props.uri;
     const options = this.props.options;
 
@@ -236,12 +236,12 @@ export class Integration {
           if (vpcLink instanceof VpcLink) {
             const targets = vpcLink._targetDnsNames;
             if (targets.length > 1) {
-              throw new UnscopedValidationError("'uri' is required when there are more than one NLBs in the VPC Link");
+              throw new ValidationError("'uri' is required when there are more than one NLBs in the VPC Link", method);
             } else {
               return `http://${targets[0]}`;
             }
           } else {
-            throw new UnscopedValidationError("'uri' is required when the 'connectionType' is VPC_LINK");
+            throw new ValidationError("'uri' is required when the 'connectionType' is VPC_LINK", method);
           }
         },
       });
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-apigateway/lib/integrations/stepfunctions.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-apigateway/lib/integrations/stepfunctions.ts
index 6a575ee3ff321..70f5c03421631 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-apigateway/lib/integrations/stepfunctions.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-apigateway/lib/integrations/stepfunctions.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { AwsIntegration } from './aws';
 import * as iam from '../../../aws-iam';
 import * as sfn from '../../../aws-stepfunctions';
 import { Token } from '../../../core';
-import { UnscopedValidationError } from '../../../core/lib/errors';
+import { ValidationError } from '../../../core/lib/errors';
 import { IntegrationConfig, IntegrationOptions, PassthroughBehavior } from '../integration';
 import { Method } from '../method';
 import { Model } from '../model';
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ class StepFunctionsExecutionIntegration extends AwsIntegration {
     if (this.stateMachine instanceof sfn.StateMachine) {
       const stateMachineType = (this.stateMachine as sfn.StateMachine).stateMachineType;
       if (stateMachineType !== sfn.StateMachineType.EXPRESS) {
-        throw new UnscopedValidationError('State Machine must be of type "EXPRESS". Please use StateMachineType.EXPRESS as the stateMachineType');
+        throw new ValidationError('State Machine must be of type "EXPRESS". Please use StateMachineType.EXPRESS as the stateMachineType', this.stateMachine);
       }
 
       //if not imported, extract the name from the CFN layer to reach the