diff --git a/allianceauth/authentication/tests/test_templatetags.py b/allianceauth/authentication/tests/test_templatetags.py
index 9a7a313c..50361724 100644
--- a/allianceauth/authentication/tests/test_templatetags.py
+++ b/allianceauth/authentication/tests/test_templatetags.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from math import ceil
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
+import requests
 import requests_mock
 from packaging.version import Version as Pep440Version
 
@@ -307,3 +308,25 @@ class TestFetchListFromGitlab(TestCase):
         result = _fetch_list_from_gitlab(self.url, max_pages=max_pages)
         self.assertEqual(result, GITHUB_TAGS[:4])
         self.assertEqual(requests_mocker.call_count, max_pages)
+
+    @requests_mock.mock()
+    @patch(MODULE_PATH + '.admin_status.logger')
+    def test_should_not_raise_any_exception_from_github_request_but_log_as_warning(
+        self, requests_mocker, mock_logger
+    ):
+        for my_exception in [
+            requests.exceptions.ConnectionError,
+            requests.exceptions.HTTPError,
+            requests.exceptions.URLRequired,
+            requests.exceptions.TooManyRedirects,
+            requests.exceptions.ConnectTimeout,
+            requests.exceptions.Timeout,
+
+        ]:
+            requests_mocker.get(self.url, exc=my_exception)
+            try:
+                result = _fetch_list_from_gitlab(self.url)
+            except Exception as ex:
+                self.fail(f"Unexpected exception raised: {ex}")
+            self.assertTrue(mock_logger.warning.called)
+            self.assertListEqual(result, [])
diff --git a/allianceauth/templatetags/admin_status.py b/allianceauth/templatetags/admin_status.py
index 9170b168..f7de2513 100644
--- a/allianceauth/templatetags/admin_status.py
+++ b/allianceauth/templatetags/admin_status.py
@@ -156,14 +156,27 @@ def _latests_versions(tags: list) -> tuple:
 
 
 def _fetch_list_from_gitlab(url: str, max_pages: int = MAX_PAGES) -> list:
-    """returns a list from the GitLab API. Supports pageing"""
+    """returns a list from the GitLab API. Supports paging"""
     result = list()
+
     for page in range(1, max_pages + 1):
-        request = requests.get(
-            url, params={'page': page}, timeout=REQUESTS_TIMEOUT
-        )
-        request.raise_for_status()
+        try:
+            request = requests.get(
+                url, params={'page': page}, timeout=REQUESTS_TIMEOUT
+            )
+            request.raise_for_status()
+        except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
+            error_str = str(e)
+
+            logger.warning(
+                f'Unable to fetch from GitLab API. Error: {error_str}',
+                exc_info=True,
+            )
+
+            return result
+
         result += request.json()
+
         if 'x-total-pages' in request.headers:
             try:
                 total_pages = int(request.headers['x-total-pages'])