diff --git a/packages/rest/src/lib/handlers/SequentialHandler.ts b/packages/rest/src/lib/handlers/SequentialHandler.ts
index c28ec445d298..4f5e5ccde7b8 100644
--- a/packages/rest/src/lib/handlers/SequentialHandler.ts
+++ b/packages/rest/src/lib/handlers/SequentialHandler.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { DiscordAPIError, type DiscordErrorData, type OAuthErrorData } from '../
 import { HTTPError } from '../errors/HTTPError.js';
 import { RateLimitError } from '../errors/RateLimitError.js';
 import { RESTEvents } from '../utils/constants.js';
-import { hasSublimit, parseHeader, parseResponse } from '../utils/utils.js';
+import { hasSublimit, parseHeader, parseResponse, shouldRetry } from '../utils/utils.js';
 import type { IHandler } from './IHandler.js';
 
 /**
@@ -307,8 +307,9 @@ export class SequentialHandler implements IHandler {
 		try {
 			res = await request(url, { ...options, signal: controller.signal });
 		} catch (error: unknown) {
-			// Retry the specified number of times for possible timed out requests
-			if (error instanceof Error && error.name === 'AbortError' && retries !== this.manager.options.retries) {
+			if (!(error instanceof Error)) throw error;
+			// Retry the specified number of times if needed
+			if (shouldRetry(error) && retries !== this.manager.options.retries) {
 				// eslint-disable-next-line no-param-reassign
 				return await this.runRequest(routeId, url, options, requestData, ++retries);
 			}
diff --git a/packages/rest/src/lib/utils/utils.ts b/packages/rest/src/lib/utils/utils.ts
index 770cc59c5168..6034fdaa5a41 100644
--- a/packages/rest/src/lib/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/rest/src/lib/utils/utils.ts
@@ -135,3 +135,16 @@ export async function resolveBody(body: RequestInit['body']): Promise<RequestOpt
 
 	throw new TypeError(`Unable to resolve body.`);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Check whether an error indicates that a retry can be attempted
+ *
+ * @param error - The error thrown by the network request
+ * @returns Whether the error indicates a retry should be attempted
+ */
+export function shouldRetry(error: Error | NodeJS.ErrnoException) {
+	// Retry for possible timed out requests
+	if (error.name === 'AbortError') return true;
+	// Downlevel ECONNRESET to retry as it may be recoverable
+	return ('code' in error && error.code === 'ECONNRESET') || error.message.includes('ECONNRESET');
+}