diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d847e35a1..83e9e8b3f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
         <scalaTestVersion>3.2.9</scalaTestVersion>
         <scalafmtVersion>3.0.0</scalafmtVersion>
         <sparkVersion>3.0.3</sparkVersion>
-        <celebornVersion>0.5.1</celebornVersion>
+        <celebornVersion>0.5.2</celebornVersion>
       </properties>
     </profile>
 
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
         <scalaTestVersion>3.2.9</scalaTestVersion>
         <scalafmtVersion>3.0.0</scalafmtVersion>
         <sparkVersion>3.1.3</sparkVersion>
-        <celebornVersion>0.5.1</celebornVersion>
+        <celebornVersion>0.5.2</celebornVersion>
       </properties>
     </profile>
 
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@
         <scalaTestVersion>3.2.9</scalaTestVersion>
         <scalafmtVersion>3.0.0</scalafmtVersion>
         <sparkVersion>3.2.4</sparkVersion>
-        <celebornVersion>0.5.1</celebornVersion>
+        <celebornVersion>0.5.2</celebornVersion>
       </properties>
     </profile>
 
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
         <scalaTestVersion>3.2.9</scalaTestVersion>
         <scalafmtVersion>3.0.0</scalafmtVersion>
         <sparkVersion>3.3.4</sparkVersion>
-        <celebornVersion>0.5.1</celebornVersion>
+        <celebornVersion>0.5.2</celebornVersion>
       </properties>
     </profile>
 
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@
         <scalaTestVersion>3.2.9</scalaTestVersion>
         <scalafmtVersion>3.0.0</scalafmtVersion>
         <sparkVersion>3.4.4</sparkVersion>
-        <celebornVersion>0.5.1</celebornVersion>
+        <celebornVersion>0.5.2</celebornVersion>
       </properties>
     </profile>
 
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@
         <scalaTestVersion>3.2.9</scalaTestVersion>
         <scalafmtVersion>3.0.0</scalafmtVersion>
         <sparkVersion>3.5.3</sparkVersion>
-        <celebornVersion>0.5.1</celebornVersion>
+        <celebornVersion>0.5.2</celebornVersion>
       </properties>
     </profile>
   </profiles>
diff --git a/spark-extension-shims-spark3/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/blaze/shuffle/celeborn/BlazeCelebornShuffleReader.scala b/spark-extension-shims-spark3/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/blaze/shuffle/celeborn/BlazeCelebornShuffleReader.scala
index 020f06d1c..2d4bfb7ec 100644
--- a/spark-extension-shims-spark3/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/blaze/shuffle/celeborn/BlazeCelebornShuffleReader.scala
+++ b/spark-extension-shims-spark3/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/blaze/shuffle/celeborn/BlazeCelebornShuffleReader.scala
@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@ import java.util
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference
-
 import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
-
 import org.apache.celeborn.client.ShuffleClient
+import org.apache.celeborn.client.ShuffleClientImpl.ReduceFileGroups
 import org.apache.celeborn.client.read.CelebornInputStream
 import org.apache.celeborn.client.read.MetricsCallback
 import org.apache.celeborn.common.CelebornConf
@@ -115,7 +114,16 @@ class BlazeCelebornShuffleReader[K, C](
     val localHostAddress = Utils.localHostName(conf)
     val shuffleKey = Utils.makeShuffleKey(handle.appUniqueId, shuffleId)
     // startPartition is irrelevant
-    val fileGroups = shuffleClient.updateFileGroup(shuffleId, startPartition)
+    var fileGroups: ReduceFileGroups = null
+    try {
+      // startPartition is irrelevant
+      fileGroups = shuffleClient.updateFileGroup(shuffleId, startPartition)
+    } catch {
+      case ce @ (_: CelebornIOException | _: PartitionUnRetryAbleException) =>
+        handleFetchExceptions(shuffleId, 0, ce)
+      case e: Throwable => throw e
+    }
+
     // host-port -> (TransportClient, PartitionLocation Array, PbOpenStreamList)
     val workerRequestMap = new util.HashMap[
       String,
@@ -129,23 +137,34 @@ class BlazeCelebornShuffleReader[K, C](
           partCnt += 1
           val hostPort = location.hostAndFetchPort
           if (!workerRequestMap.containsKey(hostPort)) {
-            val client = shuffleClient
-              .getDataClientFactory()
-              .createClient(location.getHost, location.getFetchPort)
-            val pbOpenStreamList = PbOpenStreamList.newBuilder()
-            pbOpenStreamList.setShuffleKey(shuffleKey)
-            workerRequestMap
-              .put(hostPort, (client, new util.ArrayList[PartitionLocation], pbOpenStreamList))
+            try {
+              val client = shuffleClient.getDataClientFactory().createClient(
+                location.getHost,
+                location.getFetchPort)
+              val pbOpenStreamList = PbOpenStreamList.newBuilder()
+              pbOpenStreamList.setShuffleKey(shuffleKey)
+              workerRequestMap.put(
+                hostPort,
+                (client, new util.ArrayList[PartitionLocation], pbOpenStreamList))
+            } catch {
+              case ex: Exception =>
+                shuffleClient.excludeFailedFetchLocation(location.hostAndFetchPort, ex)
+                logWarning(
+                  s"Failed to create client for $shuffleKey-$partitionId from host: ${location.hostAndFetchPort}. " +
+                    s"Shuffle reader will try its replica if exists.")
+            }
+          }
+          workerRequestMap.get(hostPort) match {
+            case (_, locArr, pbOpenStreamListBuilder) =>
+              locArr.add(location)
+              pbOpenStreamListBuilder.addFileName(location.getFileName)
+                .addStartIndex(startMapIndex.getOrElse(0))
+                .addEndIndex(endMapIndex.getOrElse(Int.MaxValue))
+              pbOpenStreamListBuilder.addReadLocalShuffle(
+                localFetchEnabled && location.getHost.equals(localHostAddress))
+            case _ =>
+              logDebug(s"Empty client for host ${hostPort}")
           }
-          val (_, locArr, pbOpenStreamListBuilder) = workerRequestMap.get(hostPort)
-
-          locArr.add(location)
-          pbOpenStreamListBuilder
-            .addFileName(location.getFileName)
-            .addStartIndex(startMapIndex.getOrElse(0))
-            .addEndIndex(endMapIndex.getOrElse(Int.MaxValue))
-          pbOpenStreamListBuilder.addReadLocalShuffle(
-            localFetchEnabled && location.getHost.equals(localHostAddress))
         }
       }
     }
@@ -266,18 +285,7 @@ class BlazeCelebornShuffleReader[K, C](
             if (exceptionRef.get() != null) {
               exceptionRef.get() match {
                 case ce @ (_: CelebornIOException | _: PartitionUnRetryAbleException) =>
-                  if (throwsFetchFailure &&
-                    shuffleClient.reportShuffleFetchFailure(handle.shuffleId, shuffleId)) {
-                    throw new FetchFailedException(
-                      null,
-                      handle.shuffleId,
-                      -1,
-                      -1,
-                      partitionId,
-                      SparkUtils.FETCH_FAILURE_ERROR_MSG + handle.shuffleId + "/" + shuffleId,
-                      ce)
-                  } else
-                    throw ce
+                  handleFetchExceptions(handle.shuffleId, partitionId, ce)
                 case e => throw e
               }
             }
@@ -312,4 +320,20 @@ class BlazeCelebornShuffleReader[K, C](
       recordIter.map(block => (null, block._2)), // blockId is not used
       () => context.taskMetrics().mergeShuffleReadMetrics())
   }
+
+  private def handleFetchExceptions(shuffleId: Int, partitionId: Int, ce: Throwable) = {
+    if (throwsFetchFailure &&
+      shuffleClient.reportShuffleFetchFailure(handle.shuffleId, shuffleId)) {
+      logWarning(s"Handle fetch exceptions for ${shuffleId}-${partitionId}", ce)
+      throw new FetchFailedException(
+        null,
+        handle.shuffleId,
+        -1,
+        -1,
+        partitionId,
+        SparkUtils.FETCH_FAILURE_ERROR_MSG + handle.shuffleId + "/" + shuffleId,
+        ce)
+    } else
+      throw ce
+  }
 }