diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/job.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/job.ts
index dd6cc425e23e0..7b5c6a1cdf7c4 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/job.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/job.ts
@@ -719,6 +719,16 @@ export class Job extends JobBase {
       }
     }
 
+    if (props.maxCapacity !== undefined && (props.workerType && props.workerCount !== undefined)) {
+      throw new Error('maxCapacity cannot be used when setting workerType and workerCount');
+    }
+    if (props.maxCapacity !== undefined && ![GlueVersion.V0_9, GlueVersion.V1_0].includes(executable.glueVersion)) {
+      throw new Error('maxCapacity cannot be used when GlueVersion 2.0 or later');
+    }
+    if ((!props.workerType && props.workerCount !== undefined) || (props.workerType && props.workerCount === undefined)) {
+      throw new Error('Both workerType and workerCount must be set');
+    }
+
     const jobResource = new CfnJob(this, 'Resource', {
       name: props.jobName,
       description: props.description,
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/test/job.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/test/job.test.ts
index 59316670b0410..cdb5a838fba09 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/test/job.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/test/job.test.ts
@@ -1049,5 +1049,53 @@ describe('Job', () => {
         }));
       });
     });
+
+    describe('validation for maxCapacity and workerType', () => {
+      test('maxCapacity with workerType and workerCount should throw', () => {
+        expect(() => new glue.Job(stack, 'Job', {
+          executable: glue.JobExecutable.pythonEtl({
+            glueVersion: glue.GlueVersion.V1_0,
+            pythonVersion: glue.PythonVersion.THREE,
+            script,
+          }),
+          maxCapacity: 10,
+          workerType: glue.WorkerType.G_1X,
+          workerCount: 10,
+        })).toThrow('maxCapacity cannot be used when setting workerType and workerCount');
+      });
+
+      test('maxCapacity with GlueVersion 2.0 or later should throw', () => {
+        expect(() => new glue.Job(stack, 'Job', {
+          executable: glue.JobExecutable.pythonEtl({
+            glueVersion: glue.GlueVersion.V2_0,
+            pythonVersion: glue.PythonVersion.THREE,
+            script,
+          }),
+          maxCapacity: 10,
+        })).toThrow('maxCapacity cannot be used when GlueVersion 2.0 or later');
+      });
+
+      test('workerType without workerCount should throw', () => {
+        expect(() => new glue.Job(stack, 'Job', {
+          executable: glue.JobExecutable.pythonEtl({
+            glueVersion: glue.GlueVersion.V2_0,
+            pythonVersion: glue.PythonVersion.THREE,
+            script,
+          }),
+          workerType: glue.WorkerType.G_1X,
+        })).toThrow('Both workerType and workerCount must be set');
+      });
+
+      test('workerCount without workerType should throw', () => {
+        expect(() => new glue.Job(stack, 'Job', {
+          executable: glue.JobExecutable.pythonEtl({
+            glueVersion: glue.GlueVersion.V2_0,
+            pythonVersion: glue.PythonVersion.THREE,
+            script,
+          }),
+          workerCount: 10,
+        })).toThrow('Both workerType and workerCount must be set');
+      });
+    });
   });
 });