diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5b59c8f4..a6d7c742 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ Section Order:
 
 <!-- Your changes go here -->
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Fail gracefully on `RequestError`, which can be thrown by `django-esi` when ESI is
+  unavailable, instead of crashing the task (Downtime, Endpoint down, etc.)
+
 ### Changed
 
 - (Internal) Better type hinting
diff --git a/sovtimer/providers.py b/sovtimer/providers.py
index 85a2bbe2..66d44dd9 100644
--- a/sovtimer/providers.py
+++ b/sovtimer/providers.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from typing import Any
 
 # Third Party
-from aiopenapi3 import ContentTypeError
+from aiopenapi3 import ContentTypeError, RequestError
 from httpx import Response
 
 # Alliance Auth
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def result(  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments, too-many-positional-arguments
             )
 
             esi_result = None
-        except HTTPClientError as exc:
+        except (HTTPClientError, RequestError) as exc:
             logger.error(msg=f"Error while fetching data from ESI: {str(exc)}")
 
             esi_result = None
diff --git a/sovtimer/tests/test_providers.py b/sovtimer/tests/test_providers.py
index 531b664f..f9ba43aa 100644
--- a/sovtimer/tests/test_providers.py
+++ b/sovtimer/tests/test_providers.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
 # Third Party
-from aiopenapi3 import ContentTypeError
+from aiopenapi3 import ContentTypeError, RequestError
 
 # Alliance Auth
 from esi.exceptions import HTTPClientError, HTTPNotModified
@@ -139,6 +139,27 @@ def test_returns_none_when_http_client_error_occurs(self):
         self.assertIsNone(response)
         mock_operation.result.assert_called_once()
 
+    def test_returns_none_when_request_error_occurs(self):
+        """
+        Test that an HTTPRequestError exception is raised correctly.
+
+        :return:
+        :rtype:
+        """
+
+        mock_operation = MagicMock()
+        mock_operation.result.side_effect = RequestError(
+            operation=mock_operation,
+            request=MagicMock(),
+            data={},
+            parameters={},
+        )
+
+        response = ESIHandler.result(mock_operation)
+
+        self.assertIsNone(response)
+        mock_operation.result.assert_called_once()
+
     def test_passes_extra_parameters_to_operation(self):
         """
         Test that extra parameters are passed correctly to the ESI operation.