diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Queue/Worker.php b/src/Illuminate/Queue/Worker.php
index 04217aabbc1c..1c4662f42130 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Queue/Worker.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Queue/Worker.php
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class Worker
     const EXIT_SUCCESS = 0;
     const EXIT_ERROR = 1;
     const EXIT_MEMORY_LIMIT = 12;
+    const EXIT_CACHE_FAILED = 13;
 
     /**
      * The name of the worker.
@@ -92,6 +93,13 @@ class Worker
      */
     public $paused = false;
 
+    /**
+     * Indicates if the worker restart cache retrieval fails.
+     *
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    public $cacheFailed = false;
+
     /**
      * The callbacks used to pop jobs from queues.
      *
@@ -99,6 +107,13 @@ class Worker
      */
     protected static $popCallbacks = [];
 
+    /**
+     * The custom exit code to be used when cache retrieval fails.
+     *
+     * @var int|null
+     */
+    public static $cacheFailedExitCode;
+
     /**
      * The custom exit code to be used when memory is exceeded.
      *
@@ -283,6 +298,7 @@ protected function daemonShouldRun(WorkerOptions $options, $connectionName, $que
     {
         return ! ((($this->isDownForMaintenance)() && ! $options->force) ||
             $this->paused ||
+            $this->cacheFailed ||
             $this->events->until(new Looping($connectionName, $queue)) === false);
     }
 
@@ -315,6 +331,7 @@ protected function stopIfNecessary(WorkerOptions $options, $lastRestart, $startT
         return match (true) {
             $this->shouldQuit => static::EXIT_SUCCESS,
             $this->memoryExceeded($options->memory) => static::$memoryExceededExitCode ?? static::EXIT_MEMORY_LIMIT,
+            $this->cacheFailed => static::$cacheFailedExitCode ?? static::EXIT_CACHE_FAILED,
             $this->queueShouldRestart($lastRestart) => static::EXIT_SUCCESS,
             $options->stopWhenEmpty && is_null($job) => static::EXIT_SUCCESS,
             $options->maxTime && hrtime(true) / 1e9 - $startTime >= $options->maxTime => static::EXIT_SUCCESS,
@@ -733,7 +750,12 @@ protected function queueShouldRestart($lastRestart)
     protected function getTimestampOfLastQueueRestart()
     {
         if ($this->cache) {
-            return $this->cache->get('illuminate:queue:restart');
+            try {
+                return $this->cache->get('illuminate:queue:restart');
+            } catch (Throwable $e) {
+                $this->exceptions->report($e);
+                $this->cacheFailed = true;
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Integration/Queue/WorkCommandTest.php b/tests/Integration/Queue/WorkCommandTest.php
index 33a3916e1746..2b75d89c94ae 100644
--- a/tests/Integration/Queue/WorkCommandTest.php
+++ b/tests/Integration/Queue/WorkCommandTest.php
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 
 namespace Illuminate\Tests\Integration\Queue;
 
+use Exception;
 use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
+use Illuminate\Cache\CacheManager;
+use Illuminate\Cache\Repository;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
 use Illuminate\Database\UniqueConstraintViolationException;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Bus\Dispatchable;
@@ -10,8 +13,10 @@
 use Illuminate\Queue\Worker;
 use Illuminate\Support\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Artisan;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Exceptions;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Queue;
+use Mockery as m;
 use Orchestra\Testbench\Attributes\WithMigration;
 use RuntimeException;
 
@@ -184,6 +189,37 @@ public function testMemoryExitCode()
         Worker::$memoryExceededExitCode = null;
     }
 
+    public function testCacheErrorExitCode()
+    {
+        $this->markTestSkippedWhenUsingQueueDrivers(['redis', 'beanstalkd']);
+
+        Worker::$cacheFailedExitCode = 100;
+
+        Queue::push(new FirstJob);
+
+        Cache::swap($cacheManager = m::mock(CacheManager::class)->makePartial());
+
+        $repository = m::mock(Repository::class);
+
+        $cacheManager->shouldReceive('driver')
+            ->twice()
+            ->andReturn($repository);
+
+        $repository->shouldReceive('get')
+            ->once()
+            ->with('illuminate:queue:restart')
+            ->andThrow(new Exception('Cache read failed'));
+
+        $this->artisan('queue:work', [
+            '--daemon' => true,
+        ])->assertExitCode(100);
+
+        $this->assertSame(1, Queue::size());
+        $this->assertFalse(FirstJob::$ran);
+
+        Worker::$cacheFailedExitCode = null;
+    }
+
     public function testFailedJobListenerOnlyRunsOnce()
     {
         $this->markTestSkippedWhenUsingQueueDrivers(['redis', 'beanstalkd']);
diff --git a/tests/Queue/QueueWorkerTest.php b/tests/Queue/QueueWorkerTest.php
index afbb7a2c4738..6437809cb0c6 100755
--- a/tests/Queue/QueueWorkerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Queue/QueueWorkerTest.php
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 namespace Illuminate\Tests\Queue;
 
 use Exception;
+use Illuminate\Cache\Repository;
 use Illuminate\Container\Container;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Cache\Store;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Debug\ExceptionHandler;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Events\Dispatcher;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\Job as QueueJobContract;
@@ -387,6 +389,29 @@ public function testWorkerPicksJobUsingCustomCallbacks()
         Worker::popUsing('myworker', null);
     }
 
+    public function testWorkerHandlesCacheFailed()
+    {
+        $workerOptions = new WorkerOptions();
+        $workerOptions->stopWhenEmpty = true;
+
+        $mockStore = m::mock(Store::class);
+
+        $mockStore->expects('get')
+            ->with('illuminate:queue:restart')
+            ->andThrow(new Exception('Cache read failed'));
+
+        $worker = $this->getWorker('default', ['queue' => [
+            $firstJob = new WorkerFakeJob,
+        ]]);
+
+        $worker->setCache(new Repository($mockStore));
+
+        $worker->daemon('default', 'queue', $workerOptions);
+
+        $this->assertFalse($firstJob->fired);
+        $this->assertTrue($worker->cacheFailed);
+    }
+
     public function testWorkerStartingIsDispatched()
     {
         $workerOptions = new WorkerOptions();
@@ -457,11 +482,6 @@ public function stop($status = 0, $options = null)
         return $status;
     }
 
-    public function daemonShouldRun(WorkerOptions $options, $connectionName, $queue)
-    {
-        return ! ($this->isDownForMaintenance)();
-    }
-
     public function memoryExceeded($memoryLimit)
     {
         return $this->stopOnMemoryExceeded;