diff --git a/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/sensors/emr.py b/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/sensors/emr.py
index c5c22f97bc3e2..30a4c943c69ba 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/sensors/emr.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/sensors/emr.py
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@
 from deprecated import deprecated
 
 from airflow.configuration import conf
-from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException, AirflowProviderDeprecationWarning, AirflowSkipException
+from airflow.exceptions import (
+    AirflowException,
+    AirflowProviderDeprecationWarning,
+    AirflowSkipException,
+)
 from airflow.providers.amazon.aws.hooks.emr import EmrContainerHook, EmrHook, EmrServerlessHook
 from airflow.providers.amazon.aws.links.emr import EmrClusterLink, EmrLogsLink, get_log_uri
 from airflow.providers.amazon.aws.triggers.emr import (
@@ -231,7 +235,9 @@ def poke(self, context: Context) -> bool:
 
         if state in EmrServerlessHook.APPLICATION_FAILURE_STATES:
             # TODO: remove this if check when min_airflow_version is set to higher than 2.7.1
-            failure_message = f"EMR Serverless job failed: {self.failure_message_from_response(response)}"
+            failure_message = (
+                f"EMR Serverless application failed: {self.failure_message_from_response(response)}"
+            )
             if self.soft_fail:
                 raise AirflowSkipException(failure_message)
             raise AirflowException(failure_message)
diff --git a/tests/providers/amazon/aws/sensors/test_emr_serverless_application.py b/tests/providers/amazon/aws/sensors/test_emr_serverless_application.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c35d84e7fa5af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/providers/amazon/aws/sensors/test_emr_serverless_application.py
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+import pytest
+
+from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException, AirflowSkipException
+from airflow.providers.amazon.aws.sensors.emr import EmrServerlessApplicationSensor
+
+
+class TestEmrServerlessApplicationSensor:
+    def setup_method(self):
+        self.app_id = "vzwemreks"
+        self.job_run_id = "job1234"
+        self.sensor = EmrServerlessApplicationSensor(
+            task_id="test_emrcontainer_sensor",
+            application_id=self.app_id,
+            aws_conn_id="aws_default",
+        )
+
+    def set_get_application_return_value(self, return_value: dict[str, str]):
+        self.mock_hook = MagicMock()
+        self.mock_hook.conn.get_application.return_value = return_value
+        self.sensor.hook = self.mock_hook
+
+    def assert_get_application_was_called_once_with_app_id(self):
+        self.mock_hook.conn.get_application.assert_called_once_with(applicationId=self.app_id)
+
+
+class TestPokeReturnValue(TestEmrServerlessApplicationSensor):
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "state, expected_result",
+        [
+            ("CREATING", False),
+            ("STARTING", False),
+            ("STOPPING", False),
+            ("CREATED", True),
+            ("STARTED", True),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_poke_returns_expected_result_for_states(self, state, expected_result):
+        get_application_return_value = {"application": {"state": state}}
+        self.set_get_application_return_value(get_application_return_value)
+        assert self.sensor.poke(None) == expected_result
+        self.assert_get_application_was_called_once_with_app_id()
+
+
+class TestPokeRaisesAirflowException(TestEmrServerlessApplicationSensor):
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("state", ["STOPPED", "TERMINATED"])
+    def test_poke_raises_airflow_exception_with_failure_states(self, state):
+        state_details = f"mock {state}"
+        exception_msg = f"EMR Serverless application failed: {state_details}"
+        get_job_run_return_value = {"application": {"state": state, "stateDetails": state_details}}
+        self.set_get_application_return_value(get_job_run_return_value)
+
+        with pytest.raises(AirflowException) as ctx:
+            self.sensor.poke(None)
+
+        assert exception_msg == str(ctx.value)
+        self.assert_get_application_was_called_once_with_app_id()
+
+
+class TestPokeRaisesAirflowSkipException(TestEmrServerlessApplicationSensor):
+    def test_when_state_is_failed_and_soft_fail_is_true_poke_should_raise_skip_exception(self):
+        self.sensor.soft_fail = True
+        self.set_get_application_return_value(
+            {"application": {"state": "STOPPED", "stateDetails": "mock stopped"}}
+        )
+        with pytest.raises(AirflowSkipException) as ctx:
+            self.sensor.poke(None)
+        assert "EMR Serverless application failed: mock stopped" == str(ctx.value)
+        self.assert_get_application_was_called_once_with_app_id()
+        self.sensor.soft_fail = False
diff --git a/tests/providers/amazon/aws/sensors/test_emr_serverless_job.py b/tests/providers/amazon/aws/sensors/test_emr_serverless_job.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..299efe3fd277e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/providers/amazon/aws/sensors/test_emr_serverless_job.py
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+import pytest
+
+from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException, AirflowSkipException
+from airflow.providers.amazon.aws.sensors.emr import EmrServerlessJobSensor
+
+
+class TestEmrServerlessJobSensor:
+    def setup_method(self):
+        self.app_id = "vzwemreks"
+        self.job_run_id = "job1234"
+        self.sensor = EmrServerlessJobSensor(
+            task_id="test_emrcontainer_sensor",
+            application_id=self.app_id,
+            job_run_id=self.job_run_id,
+            aws_conn_id="aws_default",
+        )
+
+    def set_get_job_run_return_value(self, return_value: dict[str, str]):
+        self.mock_hook = MagicMock()
+        self.mock_hook.conn.get_job_run.return_value = return_value
+        self.sensor.hook = self.mock_hook
+
+    def assert_get_job_run_was_called_once_with_app_and_run_id(self):
+        self.mock_hook.conn.get_job_run.assert_called_once_with(
+            applicationId=self.app_id, jobRunId=self.job_run_id
+        )
+
+
+class TestPokeReturnValue(TestEmrServerlessJobSensor):
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "state, expected_result",
+        [
+            ("PENDING", False),
+            ("RUNNING", False),
+            ("SCHEDULED", False),
+            ("SUBMITTED", False),
+            ("SUCCESS", True),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_poke_returns_expected_result_for_states(self, state, expected_result):
+        get_job_run_return_value = {"jobRun": {"state": state}}
+        self.set_get_job_run_return_value(get_job_run_return_value)
+        assert self.sensor.poke(None) == expected_result
+        self.assert_get_job_run_was_called_once_with_app_and_run_id()
+
+
+class TestPokeRaisesAirflowException(TestEmrServerlessJobSensor):
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("state", ["FAILED", "CANCELLING", "CANCELLED"])
+    def test_poke_raises_airflow_exception_with_specified_states(self, state):
+        state_details = f"mock {state}"
+        exception_msg = f"EMR Serverless job failed: {state_details}"
+        get_job_run_return_value = {"jobRun": {"state": state, "stateDetails": state_details}}
+        self.set_get_job_run_return_value(get_job_run_return_value)
+
+        with pytest.raises(AirflowException) as ctx:
+            self.sensor.poke(None)
+
+        assert exception_msg == str(ctx.value)
+        self.assert_get_job_run_was_called_once_with_app_and_run_id()
+
+
+class TestPokeRaisesAirflowSkipException(TestEmrServerlessJobSensor):
+    def test_when_state_is_failed_and_soft_fail_is_true_poke_should_raise_skip_exception(self):
+        self.sensor.soft_fail = True
+        self.set_get_job_run_return_value({"jobRun": {"state": "FAILED", "stateDetails": "mock failed"}})
+        with pytest.raises(AirflowSkipException) as ctx:
+            self.sensor.poke(None)
+        assert "EMR Serverless job failed: mock failed" == str(ctx.value)
+        self.assert_get_job_run_was_called_once_with_app_and_run_id()
+        self.sensor.soft_fail = False