diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 09ea52a..45303e9 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -198,7 +198,13 @@ function requestAsEventEmitter(opts) {
 			});
 		});
 
-		cacheReq.on('error', err => ee.emit('error', new got.CacheError(err, opts)));
+		cacheReq.on('error', err => {
+			if (err instanceof CacheableRequest.RequestError) {
+				ee.emit('error', new got.RequestError(err, opts));
+			} else {
+				ee.emit('error', new got.CacheError(err, opts));
+			}
+		});
 
 		cacheReq.on('request', req => {
 			req.once('error', err => {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6119377..39aca30 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 		"electron"
 	],
 	"dependencies": {
-		"cacheable-request": "^2.0.0",
+		"cacheable-request": "^2.1.0",
 		"decompress-response": "^3.2.0",
 		"duplexer3": "^0.1.4",
 		"get-stream": "^3.0.0",