diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3ce504474f60..cd33c20433c1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -7661,9 +7661,9 @@ checksum = "884e2677b40cc8c339eaefcb701c32ef1fd2493d71118dc0ca4b6a736c93bd67"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.162"
+version = "0.2.164"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "18d287de67fe55fd7e1581fe933d965a5a9477b38e949cfa9f8574ef01506398"
+checksum = "433bfe06b8c75da9b2e3fbea6e5329ff87748f0b144ef75306e674c3f6f7c13f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libflate"
@@ -8329,7 +8329,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hickory-resolver",
  "indexmap 2.2.3",
  "libc",
- "mockall 0.13.0",
+ "mockall 0.13.1",
  "multiaddr 0.17.1",
  "multihash 0.17.0",
  "network-interface",
@@ -8804,14 +8804,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mockall"
-version = "0.13.0"
+version = "0.13.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d4c28b3fb6d753d28c20e826cd46ee611fda1cf3cde03a443a974043247c065a"
+checksum = "39a6bfcc6c8c7eed5ee98b9c3e33adc726054389233e201c95dab2d41a3839d2"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "downcast",
  "fragile",
- "mockall_derive 0.13.0",
+ "mockall_derive 0.13.1",
  "predicates 3.0.3",
  "predicates-tree",
 ]
@@ -8830,9 +8830,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mockall_derive"
-version = "0.13.0"
+version = "0.13.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "341014e7f530314e9a1fdbc7400b244efea7122662c96bfa248c31da5bfb2020"
+checksum = "25ca3004c2efe9011bd4e461bd8256445052b9615405b4f7ea43fc8ca5c20898"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "proc-macro2 1.0.82",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4c92fe3a45c7..c4fe97be6016 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ linked-hash-map = { version = "0.5.4" }
 linked_hash_set = { version = "0.1.4" }
 linregress = { version = "0.5.1" }
 lite-json = { version = "0.2.0", default-features = false }
-litep2p = { version = "0.8.0", features = ["websocket"] }
+litep2p = { version = "0.8.1", features = ["websocket"] }
 log = { version = "0.4.22", default-features = false }
 macro_magic = { version = "0.5.1" }
 maplit = { version = "1.0.2" }
diff --git a/prdoc/pr_6484.prdoc b/prdoc/pr_6484.prdoc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c212692e6ab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prdoc/pr_6484.prdoc
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+title: Update litep2p network backend to version 0.8.1
+
+doc:
+  - audience: [ Node Dev, Node Operator ]
+    description: |
+      Release 0.8.1 of litep2p includes critical fixes to further enhance the stability and performance of the litep2p network backend.
+
+crates:
+  - name: sc-network
+    bump: patch
diff --git a/substrate/client/network/src/litep2p/mod.rs b/substrate/client/network/src/litep2p/mod.rs
index 79e46123cb16..81a07485d5e9 100644
--- a/substrate/client/network/src/litep2p/mod.rs
+++ b/substrate/client/network/src/litep2p/mod.rs
@@ -1074,7 +1074,13 @@ impl<B: BlockT + 'static, H: ExHashT> NetworkBackend<B, H> for Litep2pNetworkBac
 							metrics.pending_connections_errors_total.with_label_values(&["transport-errors"]).inc();
 						}
 					}
-					_ => {}
+					None => {
+						log::error!(
+								target: LOG_TARGET,
+								"Litep2p backend terminated"
+						);
+						return
+					}
 				},
 			}
 		}