diff --git a/docs/source/changes.md b/docs/source/changes.md
index 21daeaa85..34b8abaef 100644
--- a/docs/source/changes.md
+++ b/docs/source/changes.md
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ releases are available on [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/pytask) and
   created. See https://github.com/fsspec/s3fs/issues/851 for more info.
 - {pull}`593` recreate `PythonNode`s every run since they carry the `_NoDefault` enum as
   the value whose state is `None`.
+- {pull}`594` publishes `NodeLoadError`.
 
 ## 0.4.7 - 2024-03-19
 
diff --git a/src/_pytask/execute.py b/src/_pytask/execute.py
index 7ef1dd009..afd93d99e 100644
--- a/src/_pytask/execute.py
+++ b/src/_pytask/execute.py
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def pytask_execute_task_setup(session: Session, task: PTask) -> None:  # noqa: C
             node.path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
 
-def _safe_load(node: PNode | PProvisionalNode, task: PTask, is_product: bool) -> Any:
+def _safe_load(node: PNode | PProvisionalNode, task: PTask, *, is_product: bool) -> Any:
     try:
         return node.load(is_product=is_product)
     except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001
@@ -193,11 +193,13 @@ def pytask_execute_task(session: Session, task: PTask) -> bool:
 
     kwargs = {}
     for name, value in task.depends_on.items():
-        kwargs[name] = tree_map(lambda x: _safe_load(x, task, False), value)
+        kwargs[name] = tree_map(lambda x: _safe_load(x, task, is_product=False), value)
 
     for name, value in task.produces.items():
         if name in parameters:
-            kwargs[name] = tree_map(lambda x: _safe_load(x, task, True), value)
+            kwargs[name] = tree_map(
+                lambda x: _safe_load(x, task, is_product=True), value
+            )
 
     out = task.execute(**kwargs)
 
diff --git a/src/pytask/__init__.py b/src/pytask/__init__.py
index 41271e2cc..d7226f240 100644
--- a/src/pytask/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pytask/__init__.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 from _pytask.exceptions import CollectionError
 from _pytask.exceptions import ConfigurationError
 from _pytask.exceptions import ExecutionError
-from _pytask.exceptions import NodeNotCollectedError
+from _pytask.exceptions import NodeNotCollectedError, NodeLoadError
 from _pytask.exceptions import NodeNotFoundError
 from _pytask.exceptions import PytaskError
 from _pytask.exceptions import ResolvingDependenciesError
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@
     "MarkDecorator",
     "MarkGenerator",
     "NodeInfo",
+    "NodeLoadError",
     "NodeNotCollectedError",
     "NodeNotFoundError",
     "PNode",