diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/rescue-from-redis-init-errors.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/rescue-from-redis-init-errors.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c41f49597e7d97d0548cd1f1dcee6e27bac786a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/rescue-from-redis-init-errors.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Gracefully recover from Redis connection failures in Sidekiq initializer
+merge_request: 
+author: 
diff --git a/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb b/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
index b87b31d9697bc7dd4bd03a7f12f320e175a79054..1d7a3f03ace85b9c0d89b995701ef783f7cf84ed 100644
--- a/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
@@ -61,5 +61,5 @@ begin
       end
     end
   end
-rescue Redis::BaseError, SocketError
+rescue Redis::BaseError, SocketError, Errno::ENOENT, Errno::EAFNOSUPPORT, Errno::ECONNRESET, Errno::ECONNREFUSED
 end