diff --git a/litellm/caching/redis_cache.py b/litellm/caching/redis_cache.py
index d0cefcb6086..d4720294f4a 100644
--- a/litellm/caching/redis_cache.py
+++ b/litellm/caching/redis_cache.py
@@ -1738,7 +1738,8 @@ class RedisCache(BaseCache):
         self.redis_client.flushall()
 
     async def disconnect(self):
-        await self.async_redis_conn_pool.disconnect(inuse_connections=True)
+        if self.async_redis_conn_pool is not None:
+            await self.async_redis_conn_pool.disconnect(inuse_connections=True)
         try:
             self.redis_client.close()
         except Exception as e:
diff --git a/litellm/caching/redis_cluster_cache.py b/litellm/caching/redis_cluster_cache.py
index 12d285ca5a8..52a3a5696de 100644
--- a/litellm/caching/redis_cluster_cache.py
+++ b/litellm/caching/redis_cluster_cache.py
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ class RedisClusterCache(RedisCache):
         async_redis_cluster_client: Final = self.init_async_client()
         return await async_redis_cluster_client.mget_nonatomic(keys=keys)
 
+    async def disconnect(self):
+        if self.redis_async_redis_cluster_client is not None:
+            await self.redis_async_redis_cluster_client.aclose()
+        await super().disconnect()
+
     async def test_connection(self) -> dict:
         """
         Test the Redis Cluster connection.
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index d9f8e04ebda..afe76b11b93 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -996,7 +996,10 @@ async def proxy_shutdown_event(worker_heartbeat: ProxyWorkerHeartbeat | None = N
         await prisma_client.disconnect()
 
     if litellm.cache is not None:
-        await litellm.cache.disconnect()
+        try:
+            await litellm.cache.disconnect()
+        except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001  # cache teardown must not abort remaining shutdown steps
+            verbose_proxy_logger.debug("Error disconnecting litellm.cache: %s", e)
 
     await jwt_handler.close()
 
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/caching/test_redis_cache.py b/tests/test_litellm/caching/test_redis_cache.py
index c1e3240adb7..e59d033bf32 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/caching/test_redis_cache.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/caching/test_redis_cache.py
@@ -479,6 +479,21 @@ def test_delete_cache_namespaces_key(namespace, expected, monkeypatch, redis_no_
     mock_client.delete.assert_called_once_with(expected)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_disconnect_with_no_connection_pool_does_not_raise():
+    """RedisCache.disconnect() must not blow up when async_redis_conn_pool is None,
+    which is the case in cluster mode (get_redis_connection_pool returns None for
+    startup_nodes configs). Regression test for
+    https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/issues/37137."""
+    redis_cache = RedisCache.__new__(RedisCache)
+    redis_cache.async_redis_conn_pool = None
+    redis_cache.redis_client = MagicMock()
+
+    await redis_cache.disconnect()
+
+    redis_cache.redis_client.close.assert_called_once()
+
+
 def _closed_port() -> int:
     """A port with nothing listening, so Redis calls fail fast and deterministically."""
     import socket
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/caching/test_redis_cluster_cache.py b/tests/test_litellm/caching/test_redis_cluster_cache.py
index 0763b5110d5..33757c7359c 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/caching/test_redis_cluster_cache.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/caching/test_redis_cluster_cache.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 from importlib import import_module
 import json
-from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+import os
+import sys
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
 
 import pytest
 from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
@@ -117,6 +119,52 @@ def test_cache_init_creates_redis_cache_without_cluster_config(
     assert not isinstance(cache.cache, RedisClusterCache)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@patch("redis.RedisCluster")
+async def test_disconnect_closes_cluster_client_without_raising(mock_redis_cluster):
+    """Shutting down a proxy in cluster mode used to always raise AttributeError,
+    since RedisCache.disconnect() unconditionally dereferences async_redis_conn_pool,
+    which is None by design in cluster mode. Regression test for
+    https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/issues/37137."""
+    cache = RedisClusterCache(
+        startup_nodes=[{"host": "localhost", "port": 6379}],
+        password="hello",
+    )
+    assert cache.async_redis_conn_pool is None
+
+    closed = False
+
+    class _ClusterClient:
+        async def aclose(self):
+            nonlocal closed
+            closed = True
+
+    cache.redis_async_redis_cluster_client = _ClusterClient()
+    cache.redis_client = MagicMock()
+
+    await cache.disconnect()
+
+    assert closed is True
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@patch("redis.RedisCluster")
+async def test_disconnect_without_cluster_client_does_not_raise(mock_redis_cluster):
+    """disconnect() must be a no-op for the cluster client when it was never
+    initialized (e.g. shutdown before any request touched Redis), rather than
+    raising on the absent client or the None connection pool."""
+    cache = RedisClusterCache(
+        startup_nodes=[{"host": "localhost", "port": 6379}],
+        password="hello",
+    )
+    cache.redis_client = MagicMock()
+
+    assert cache.redis_async_redis_cluster_client is None
+    assert cache.async_redis_conn_pool is None
+
+    await cache.disconnect()
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "startup_nodes, env_var, expected_cache_type",
     [
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/proxy_server/test_lifecycle.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/proxy_server/test_lifecycle.py
index deb7289d2d1..65670f1935e 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/proxy_server/test_lifecycle.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/proxy_server/test_lifecycle.py
@@ -209,6 +209,31 @@ async def test_proxy_shutdown_event_prisma_disconnect_raises_error(monkeypatch):
         await proxy_shutdown_event()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_proxy_shutdown_event_cache_disconnect_error_does_not_abort_shutdown(monkeypatch):
+    """A cache backend failing to disconnect must not skip the jwt_handler close
+    that runs after it, unlike a prisma disconnect failure which does abort.
+    """
+    monkeypatch.setattr(ps, "prisma_client", None, raising=False)
+
+    fake_jwt = MagicMock()
+    fake_jwt.close = AsyncMock()
+    monkeypatch.setattr(ps, "jwt_handler", fake_jwt, raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(ps, "db_writer_client", None, raising=False)
+
+    import litellm
+
+    fake_cache = MagicMock()
+    fake_cache.disconnect = AsyncMock(side_effect=RuntimeError("redis gone"))
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "cache", fake_cache, raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "success_callback", [], raising=False)
+
+    await proxy_shutdown_event()
+
+    assert fake_cache.disconnect.await_count == 1
+    assert fake_jwt.close.await_count == 1
+
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # _flush_spend_logs_queue_on_shutdown
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------