diff --git a/src/node/app/update.ts b/src/node/app/update.ts
index 3f722d51..9ae64e5c 100644
--- a/src/node/app/update.ts
+++ b/src/node/app/update.ts
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ export class UpdateHttpProvider extends HttpProvider {
       const request = (uri: string): void => {
         logger.debug("Making request", field("uri", uri))
         const httpx = uri.startsWith("https") ? https : http
-        httpx.get(uri, { headers: { "User-Agent": "code-server" } }, (response) => {
+        const client = httpx.get(uri, { headers: { "User-Agent": "code-server" } }, (response) => {
           if (
             response.statusCode &&
             response.statusCode >= 300 &&
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ export class UpdateHttpProvider extends HttpProvider {
 
           resolve(response)
         })
+        client.on("error", reject)
       }
       request(uri)
     })
diff --git a/test/update.test.ts b/test/update.test.ts
index 779dba1a..da3634e9 100644
--- a/test/update.test.ts
+++ b/test/update.test.ts
@@ -222,4 +222,23 @@ describe("update", () => {
     const archiveName = await p.getReleaseName(update)
     assert.deepEqual(spy, ["/latest", `/download/${version}/${archiveName}`, `/download/${version}/${archiveName}`])
   })
+
+  it("should not reject if unable to fetch", async () => {
+    const options = {
+      auth: AuthType.None,
+      base: "/update",
+      commit: "test",
+    }
+    let provider = new UpdateHttpProvider(options, true, "invalid", "invalid", settings)
+    await assert.doesNotReject(() => provider.getUpdate(true))
+
+    provider = new UpdateHttpProvider(
+      options,
+      true,
+      "http://probably.invalid.dev.localhost/latest",
+      "http://probably.invalid.dev.localhost/download",
+      settings,
+    )
+    await assert.doesNotReject(() => provider.getUpdate(true))
+  })
 })