diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/walreceiver/connection_manager.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/walreceiver/connection_manager.rs
index 583d6309ab..d8ea32cd45 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/walreceiver/connection_manager.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/walreceiver/connection_manager.rs
@@ -164,9 +164,10 @@ pub(super) async fn connection_manager_loop_step(
                     Ok(Some(broker_update)) => connection_manager_state.register_timeline_update(broker_update),
                     Err(status) => {
                         match status.code() {
-                            Code::Unknown if status.message().contains("stream closed because of a broken pipe") || status.message().contains("connection reset") => {
+                            Code::Unknown if status.message().contains("stream closed because of a broken pipe") || status.message().contains("connection reset") || status.message().contains("error reading a body from connection") => {
                                 // tonic's error handling doesn't provide a clear code for disconnections: we get
                                 // "h2 protocol error: error reading a body from connection: stream closed because of a broken pipe"
+                                // => https://github.com/neondatabase/neon/issues/9562
                                 info!("broker disconnected: {status}");
                             },
                             _ => {