diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/package.json b/packages/grpc-js/package.json
index f0331f1f..d4b82260 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js/package.json
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@grpc/grpc-js",
-  "version": "1.8.16",
+  "version": "1.8.17",
   "description": "gRPC Library for Node - pure JS implementation",
   "homepage": "https://grpc.io/",
   "repository": "https://github.com/grpc/grpc-node/tree/master/packages/grpc-js",
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/src/load-balancer-outlier-detection.ts b/packages/grpc-js/src/load-balancer-outlier-detection.ts
index 2f72a962..885c4feb 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js/src/load-balancer-outlier-detection.ts
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/src/load-balancer-outlier-detection.ts
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ export class OutlierDetectionLoadBalancingConfig implements LoadBalancingConfig
     failurePercentageEjection: Partial<FailurePercentageEjectionConfig> | null,
     private readonly childPolicy: LoadBalancingConfig[]
   ) {
+    if (childPolicy[0].getLoadBalancerName() === 'pick_first') {
+      throw new Error('outlier_detection LB policy cannot have a pick_first child policy');
+    }
     this.intervalMs = intervalMs ?? 10_000;
     this.baseEjectionTimeMs = baseEjectionTimeMs ?? 30_000;
     this.maxEjectionTimeMs = maxEjectionTimeMs ?? 300_000;
@@ -395,8 +398,8 @@ export class OutlierDetectionLoadBalancer implements LoadBalancer {
   }
 
   private isCountingEnabled(): boolean {
-    return this.latestConfig !== null && 
-      (this.latestConfig.getSuccessRateEjectionConfig() !== null || 
+    return this.latestConfig !== null &&
+      (this.latestConfig.getSuccessRateEjectionConfig() !== null ||
        this.latestConfig.getFailurePercentageEjectionConfig() !== null);
   }
 
@@ -496,7 +499,7 @@ export class OutlierDetectionLoadBalancer implements LoadBalancer {
     if (addressesWithTargetVolume < failurePercentageConfig.minimum_hosts) {
       return;
     }
-    
+
     // Step 2
     for (const [address, mapEntry] of this.addressMap.entries()) {
       // Step 2.i
@@ -656,4 +659,4 @@ export function setup() {
   if (OUTLIER_DETECTION_ENABLED) {
     registerLoadBalancerType(TYPE_NAME, OutlierDetectionLoadBalancer, OutlierDetectionLoadBalancingConfig);
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/src/resolver-dns.ts b/packages/grpc-js/src/resolver-dns.ts
index 355ce2df..b20b7a54 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js/src/resolver-dns.ts
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/src/resolver-dns.ts
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class DnsResolver implements Resolver {
       details: `Name resolution failed for target ${uriToString(this.target)}`,
       metadata: new Metadata(),
     };
-    
+
     const backoffOptions: BackoffOptions = {
       initialDelay: channelOptions['grpc.initial_reconnect_backoff_ms'],
       maxDelay: channelOptions['grpc.max_reconnect_backoff_ms'],
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ class DnsResolver implements Resolver {
             } catch (err) {
               this.latestServiceConfigError = {
                 code: Status.UNAVAILABLE,
-                details: 'Parsing service config failed',
+                details: `Parsing service config failed with error ${(err as Error).message}`,
                 metadata: new Metadata(),
               };
             }
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/test/test-outlier-detection.ts b/packages/grpc-js/test/test-outlier-detection.ts
index c9021e60..d51ccf3f 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js/test/test-outlier-detection.ts
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/test/test-outlier-detection.ts
@@ -360,6 +360,16 @@ describe('Outlier detection config validation', () => {
       }, /failure_percentage_ejection\.enforcement_percentage parse error: value out of range for percentage/);
     });
   });
+  describe('child_policy', () => {
+    it('Should reject a pick_first child_policy', () => {
+      const loadBalancingConfig = {
+        child_policy: [{pick_first: {}}]
+      };
+      assert.throws(() => {
+        OutlierDetectionLoadBalancingConfig.createFromJson(loadBalancingConfig);
+      }, /outlier_detection LB policy cannot have a pick_first child policy/);
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 describe('Outlier detection', () => {
@@ -533,4 +543,4 @@ describe('Outlier detection', () => {
       })
     });
   });
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});