diff --git a/packages/ws/src/utils/constants.ts b/packages/ws/src/utils/constants.ts
index 69377ce95d05..9b41994be556 100644
--- a/packages/ws/src/utils/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/ws/src/utils/constants.ts
@@ -82,5 +82,3 @@ export function getInitialSendRateLimitState(): SendRateLimitState {
 		resetAt: Date.now() + 60_000,
 	};
 }
-
-export const KnownNetworkErrorCodes = new Set(['ECONNRESET', 'ECONNREFUSED', 'ETIMEDOUT', 'EAI_AGAIN']);
diff --git a/packages/ws/src/ws/WebSocketManager.ts b/packages/ws/src/ws/WebSocketManager.ts
index e3f69a6e43df..1f369ab992d4 100644
--- a/packages/ws/src/ws/WebSocketManager.ts
+++ b/packages/ws/src/ws/WebSocketManager.ts
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ export interface ManagerShardEventsMap {
 		stats: { ackAt: number; heartbeatAt: number; latency: number },
 		shardId: number,
 	];
+	[WebSocketShardEvents.SocketError]: [error: Error, shardId: number];
 }
 
 export class WebSocketManager extends AsyncEventEmitter<ManagerShardEventsMap> implements AsyncDisposable {
diff --git a/packages/ws/src/ws/WebSocketShard.ts b/packages/ws/src/ws/WebSocketShard.ts
index f30142f83f9c..4c47f67514e0 100644
--- a/packages/ws/src/ws/WebSocketShard.ts
+++ b/packages/ws/src/ws/WebSocketShard.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import {
 	CompressionMethod,
 	CompressionParameterMap,
 	ImportantGatewayOpcodes,
-	KnownNetworkErrorCodes,
 	getInitialSendRateLimitState,
 } from '../utils/constants.js';
 import type { SessionInfo } from './WebSocketManager.js';
@@ -45,6 +44,7 @@ export enum WebSocketShardEvents {
 	Hello = 'hello',
 	Ready = 'ready',
 	Resumed = 'resumed',
+	SocketError = 'socketError',
 }
 
 export enum WebSocketShardStatus {
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ export interface WebSocketShardEventsMap {
 	[WebSocketShardEvents.Ready]: [payload: GatewayReadyDispatchData];
 	[WebSocketShardEvents.Resumed]: [];
 	[WebSocketShardEvents.HeartbeatComplete]: [stats: { ackAt: number; heartbeatAt: number; latency: number }];
+	[WebSocketShardEvents.SocketError]: [error: Error];
 }
 
 export interface WebSocketShardDestroyOptions {
@@ -791,13 +792,8 @@ export class WebSocketShard extends AsyncEventEmitter<WebSocketShardEventsMap> {
 	}
 
 	private onError(error: Error) {
-		if ('code' in error && KnownNetworkErrorCodes.has(error.code as string)) {
-			this.debug(['Failed to connect to the gateway URL specified due to a network error']);
-			this.failedToConnectDueToNetworkError = true;
-			return;
-		}
-
-		this.emit(WebSocketShardEvents.Error, error);
+		this.emit(WebSocketShardEvents.SocketError, error);
+		this.failedToConnectDueToNetworkError = true;
 	}
 
 	private async onClose(code: number) {