diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/security/x509/certificate/client/DefaultCertificateClient.java b/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/security/x509/certificate/client/DefaultCertificateClient.java
index 22bdf80a7aa9..c2183b21c0a8 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/security/x509/certificate/client/DefaultCertificateClient.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/security/x509/certificate/client/DefaultCertificateClient.java
@@ -1395,6 +1395,17 @@ public CertificateRenewerService(boolean forceRenewal,
 
     @Override
     public void run() {
+      try {
+        renewCertificateIfNeeded();
+      } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+        // This task is scheduled at a fixed rate: an exception escaping it cancels every future
+        // execution, and the component stops renewing its certificate without any further notice.
+        getLogger().error("Certificate renewal for {} failed unexpectedly, keeping the renewal "
+            + "schedule.", component, e);
+      }
+    }
+
+    private void renewCertificateIfNeeded() {
       // Lock to protect the certificate renew process, to make sure there is
       // only one renew process is ongoing at one time.
       // Certificate renew steps:
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/security/x509/certificate/client/TestDefaultCertificateClient.java b/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/security/x509/certificate/client/TestDefaultCertificateClient.java
index ee2a52b2f634..2a9d44902958 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/security/x509/certificate/client/TestDefaultCertificateClient.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/security/x509/certificate/client/TestDefaultCertificateClient.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdds.security.x509.certificate.client.CertificateClient.InitResponse.FAILURE;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdds.security.x509.certificate.utils.CertificateCodec.getPEMEncodedString;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertDoesNotThrow;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotEquals;
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@
 import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils;
@@ -586,4 +588,52 @@ protected String signAndStoreCertificate(CertificateSignRequest request, Path ce
         .count();
     assertThat(monitorThreadCount).isEqualTo(0L);
   }
+
+  /**
+   * A renewal that fails with an unchecked exception must not let it escape the renewer task.
+   * The task is scheduled at a fixed rate, so an escaping exception cancels every further
+   * execution and the component stops renewing its certificate until it is restarted.
+   */
+  @Test
+  public void testRenewerContainsUnexpectedFailure(@TempDir File metaDir)
+      throws Exception {
+    OzoneConfiguration ozoneConf = new OzoneConfiguration();
+    ozoneConf.set(HDDS_METADATA_DIR_NAME, metaDir.getPath());
+    SecurityConfig conf = new SecurityConfig(ozoneConf);
+    String compName = "test-unexpected-failure";
+
+    CertificateCodec certCodec = new CertificateCodec(conf, compName);
+    X509Certificate cert = generateX509Cert(null);
+    certCodec.writeCertificate(cert);
+    String certId = cert.getSerialNumber().toString();
+
+    AtomicInteger attempts = new AtomicInteger();
+    DefaultCertificateClient client = new DefaultCertificateClient(
+        conf, null, mock(Logger.class), certId, compName, "", null, null) {
+
+      @Override
+      protected SCMGetCertResponseProto sign(CertificateSignRequest request) {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      protected String signAndStoreCertificate(CertificateSignRequest request, Path certificatePath, boolean renew) {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public String renewAndStoreKeyAndCertificate(boolean force) {
+        attempts.incrementAndGet();
+        throw new IllegalStateException("renewal failed unexpectedly");
+      }
+    };
+
+    try {
+      // Runs exactly what the scheduled task runs.
+      assertDoesNotThrow(client.new CertificateRenewerService(true, () -> { })::run);
+      assertThat(attempts.get()).isPositive();
+    } finally {
+      client.close();
+    }
+  }
 }