diff --git a/beetsplug/spotify.py b/beetsplug/spotify.py
index 24461194c..a825ef35a 100644
--- a/beetsplug/spotify.py
+++ b/beetsplug/spotify.py
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ class SpotifyPlugin(MetadataSourcePlugin, BeetsPlugin):
         except requests.exceptions.ReadTimeout:
             self._log.error("ReadTimeout.")
             raise SpotifyAPIError("Request timed out.")
+        except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError as e:
+            self._log.error(f"Network error: {e}")
+            raise SpotifyAPIError("Network error.")
         except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
             if e.response.status_code == 401:
                 self._log.debug(
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 8266e8550..3872db865 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ New features:
 
 Bug fixes:
 
+* :doc:`/plugins/spotify`: Improve handling of ConnectionError.
 * :doc:`/plugins/deezer`: Improve Deezer plugin error handling and set requests timeout to 10 seconds.
   :bug:`4983`
 * :doc:`/plugins/spotify`: Add bad gateway (502) error handling.