diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index cac8a9d6893..7a374e16aa1 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ async def proxy_shutdown_event(worker_heartbeat: ProxyWorkerHeartbeat | None = N
     if litellm.cache is not None:
         try:
             await litellm.cache.disconnect()
-        except Exception as e:
+        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/proxy/proxy_server/test_lifecycle.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/proxy_server/test_lifecycle.py
index a06e7142122..8f8ef819a95 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/proxy_server/test_lifecycle.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/proxy_server/test_lifecycle.py
@@ -205,6 +205,31 @@ 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
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------