diff --git a/gymnasium/envs/registration.py b/gymnasium/envs/registration.py
index 20d016b00..f76faa57c 100644
--- a/gymnasium/envs/registration.py
+++ b/gymnasium/envs/registration.py
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ def _check_can_jsonify(env_spec: dict[str, Any]):
 
         for key, value in env_spec.items():
             if callable(value):
-                ValueError(
+                raise ValueError(
                     f"Callable found in {spec_name} for {key} attribute with value={value}. Currently, Gymnasium does not support serialising callables."
                 )
 
diff --git a/tests/envs/registration/test_spec.py b/tests/envs/registration/test_spec.py
index 9ab52fc0b..bd01d2541 100644
--- a/tests/envs/registration/test_spec.py
+++ b/tests/envs/registration/test_spec.py
@@ -93,3 +93,18 @@ def test_spec_default_lookups():
 
     assert gym.spec("test/TestEnv") is not None
     del gym.registry["test/TestEnv"]
+
+
+def test_check_can_jsonify():
+    def no_entry_point():
+        pass
+
+    gym.register(id="test/TestEnv-v0", entry_point=no_entry_point)
+    with pytest.raises(
+        ValueError,
+        match="^Callable found in test/TestEnv-v0 for entry_point attribute "
+        "with value=<.*>. Currently, Gymnasium does not support "
+        "serialising callables.$",
+    ):
+        gym.spec("test/TestEnv-v0").to_json()
+    del gym.registry["test/TestEnv-v0"]