diff --git a/controller/cache/cache.go b/controller/cache/cache.go
index d1ae8989cd8e6..4df1bf9f2c5ac 100644
--- a/controller/cache/cache.go
+++ b/controller/cache/cache.go
@@ -372,9 +372,14 @@ func isRetryableError(err error) bool {
 		isResourceQuotaConflictErr(err) ||
 		isTransientNetworkErr(err) ||
 		isExceededQuotaErr(err) ||
+		isHTTP2GoawayErr(err) ||
 		errors.Is(err, syscall.ECONNRESET)
 }
 
+func isHTTP2GoawayErr(err error) bool {
+	return strings.Contains(err.Error(), "http2: server sent GOAWAY and closed the connection")
+}
+
 func isExceededQuotaErr(err error) bool {
 	return kerrors.IsForbidden(err) && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "exceeded quota")
 }