diff --git a/jetty-http3/http3-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http3/client/ClientQuicConnection.java b/jetty-http3/http3-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http3/client/ClientQuicConnection.java
index 5ab6d1c1ea1..4270390633c 100644
--- a/jetty-http3/http3-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http3/client/ClientQuicConnection.java
+++ b/jetty-http3/http3-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http3/client/ClientQuicConnection.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.eclipse.jetty.http3.quiche.QuicheConnectionId;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.io.ByteBufferPool;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.io.EndPoint;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.io.RuntimeIOException;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.Promise;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.Scheduler;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -68,6 +69,20 @@ public class ClientQuicConnection extends QuicConnection
         fillInterested();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected void onClose(QuicheConnectionId quicheConnectionId, QuicSession session)
+    {
+        super.onClose(quicheConnectionId, session);
+
+        InetSocketAddress remoteAddress = session.getRemoteAddress();
+        if (pendingSessions.remove(remoteAddress) != null)
+        {
+            Promise<?> promise = (Promise<?>)context.get(ClientQuicConnector.CONNECTION_PROMISE_CONTEXT_KEY);
+            if (promise != null)
+                promise.failed(new IOException("QUIC connection refused"));
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected QuicSession createSession(InetSocketAddress remoteAddress, ByteBuffer cipherBuffer)
     {
diff --git a/jetty-http3/http3-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http3/common/QuicConnection.java b/jetty-http3/http3-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http3/common/QuicConnection.java
index fd5b4f2526b..fd2c85025db 100644
--- a/jetty-http3/http3-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http3/common/QuicConnection.java
+++ b/jetty-http3/http3-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http3/common/QuicConnection.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public abstract class QuicConnection extends AbstractConnection
         return quicheConfig;
     }
 
-    protected void onClose(QuicheConnectionId quicheConnectionId)
+    protected void onClose(QuicheConnectionId quicheConnectionId, QuicSession session)
     {
         if (quicheConnectionId != null)
             sessions.remove(quicheConnectionId);
diff --git a/jetty-http3/http3-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http3/common/QuicSession.java b/jetty-http3/http3-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http3/common/QuicSession.java
index 009951e8372..74141296deb 100644
--- a/jetty-http3/http3-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http3/common/QuicSession.java
+++ b/jetty-http3/http3-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http3/common/QuicSession.java
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ public abstract class QuicSession
             endpoints.values().forEach(AbstractEndPoint::close);
             endpoints.clear();
             flusher.close();
-            connection.onClose(quicheConnectionId);
+            connection.onClose(quicheConnectionId, this);
             LifeCycle.stop(strategy);
         }
         finally