diff --git a/apps/federation/lib/BackgroundJob/GetSharedSecret.php b/apps/federation/lib/BackgroundJob/GetSharedSecret.php
index a3b087e12f..0c621aa40e 100644
--- a/apps/federation/lib/BackgroundJob/GetSharedSecret.php
+++ b/apps/federation/lib/BackgroundJob/GetSharedSecret.php
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 namespace OCA\Federation\BackgroundJob;
 
 use GuzzleHttp\Exception\ClientException;
+use GuzzleHttp\Exception\ConnectException;
 use OC\BackgroundJob\JobList;
 use OC\BackgroundJob\Job;
 use OCA\Federation\DbHandler;
@@ -196,6 +197,8 @@ class GetSharedSecret extends Job {
 			} else {
 				$this->logger->info($target . ' responded with a ' . $status . ' containing: ' . $e->getMessage(), ['app' => 'federation']);
 			}
+		} catch (ConnectException $e) {
+			$this->logger->info('Could not connect to ' . $target, ['app' => 'federation']);
 		} catch (\Exception $e) {
 			$status = Http::STATUS_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
 			$this->logger->logException($e, ['app' => 'federation']);
diff --git a/apps/federation/lib/BackgroundJob/RequestSharedSecret.php b/apps/federation/lib/BackgroundJob/RequestSharedSecret.php
index 0ba4e37f75..09de76cba9 100644
--- a/apps/federation/lib/BackgroundJob/RequestSharedSecret.php
+++ b/apps/federation/lib/BackgroundJob/RequestSharedSecret.php
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ namespace OCA\Federation\BackgroundJob;
 
 
 use GuzzleHttp\Exception\ClientException;
+use GuzzleHttp\Exception\ConnectException;
 use OC\BackgroundJob\JobList;
 use OC\BackgroundJob\Job;
 use OCA\Federation\DbHandler;
@@ -196,6 +197,8 @@ class RequestSharedSecret extends Job {
 			} else {
 				$this->logger->info($target . ' responded with a ' . $status . ' containing: ' . $e->getMessage(), ['app' => 'federation']);
 			}
+		} catch (ConnectException $e) {
+			$this->logger->info('Could not connect to ' . $target, ['app' => 'federation']);
 		} catch (\Exception $e) {
 			$status = Http::STATUS_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
 			$this->logger->logException($e, ['app' => 'federation']);