diff --git a/dvc/analytics.py b/dvc/analytics.py
index 7c0a693105..76dbc335c2 100644
--- a/dvc/analytics.py
+++ b/dvc/analytics.py
@@ -76,7 +76,10 @@ def send(report):
     headers = {"content-type": "application/json"}
 
     with open(report, "rb") as fobj:
-        requests.post(url, data=fobj, headers=headers, timeout=5)
+        try:
+            requests.post(url, data=fobj, headers=headers, timeout=5)
+        except requests.exceptions.RequestException:
+            logger.debug("failed to send analytics report", exc_info=True)
 
     os.remove(report)
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_analytics.py b/tests/unit/test_analytics.py
index 3179aeff0f..9413e781bc 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_analytics.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_analytics.py
@@ -61,16 +61,19 @@ def test_runtime_info(tmp_global_config):
 
 @mock.patch("requests.post")
 def test_send(mock_post, tmp_path):
+    import requests
+
     url = "https://analytics.dvc.org"
     report = {"name": "dummy report"}
-    fname = str(tmp_path / "report")
+    report_file = tmp_path / "report"
 
-    with open(fname, "w") as fobj:
-        json.dump(report, fobj)
+    report_file.write_text(json.dumps(report))
+    mock_post.side_effect = requests.exceptions.RequestException
 
-    analytics.send(fname)
+    analytics.send(str(report_file))
     assert mock_post.called
     assert mock_post.call_args.args[0] == url
+    assert not report_file.exists()
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(