diff --git a/tests/suite/graceful_recovery_test.go b/tests/suite/graceful_recovery_test.go
index ef5c4f4937..60b2bb6b45 100644
--- a/tests/suite/graceful_recovery_test.go
+++ b/tests/suite/graceful_recovery_test.go
@@ -585,6 +585,7 @@ func getUnexpectedNginxErrorLogs(nginxPodName, namespace string) string {
 		"connect() failed (111: Connection refused)",
 		"could not be resolved (host not found) during usage report",
 		"server returned 429",
+		"no live upstreams while connecting to upstream",
 	}
 
 	unexpectedErrors := ""