diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/ShuffleBlockFetcherIterator.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/ShuffleBlockFetcherIterator.scala
index b2f185bc590f..5966f96518d0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/ShuffleBlockFetcherIterator.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/ShuffleBlockFetcherIterator.scala
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import io.netty.util.internal.OutOfDirectMemoryError
 import org.roaringbitmap.RoaringBitmap
 
 import org.apache.spark.{MapOutputTracker, SparkException, TaskContext}
+import org.apache.spark.ExecutorDeadException
 import org.apache.spark.MapOutputTracker.SHUFFLE_PUSH_MAP_ID
 import org.apache.spark.errors.SparkCoreErrors
 import org.apache.spark.internal.Logging
@@ -979,8 +980,49 @@ final class ShuffleBlockFetcherIterator(
               log"${MDC(MAX_ATTEMPTS, maxAttemptsOnNettyOOM)} retries due to Netty OOM"
             logError(logMessage)
             errorMsg = logMessage.message
+          } else {
+            logInfo(s"Block $blockId fetch failed for mapIndex $mapIndex from $address")
+          }
+          // If the fetch has failed due to a dead executor, the block may be available elsewhere
+          // in the event of graceful storage decommissioning / block migration.
+          // Rather than failing and potentially retrying the whole stage,
+          // we can check for a new block location and then re-queue the fetch with updated BM.
+          // TODO: skip this if spark.storage.decommission.enabled = false
+          if (e.isInstanceOf[ExecutorDeadException]) {
+            val newBlocksByAddr = blockId match {
+              case ShuffleBlockId(shuffleId, _, reduceId) =>
+                mapOutputTracker.unregisterShuffle(shuffleId)
+                mapOutputTracker.getMapSizesByExecutorId(
+                  shuffleId,
+                  mapIndex,
+                  mapIndex + 1,
+                  reduceId,
+                  reduceId + 1)
+                  .filter(_._1 != address)
+              case ShuffleBlockBatchId(shuffleId, _, startReduceId, endReduceId) =>
+                mapOutputTracker.unregisterShuffle(shuffleId)
+                mapOutputTracker.getMapSizesByExecutorId(
+                    shuffleId,
+                    mapIndex,
+                    mapIndex + 1,
+                    startReduceId,
+                    endReduceId)
+                  .filter(_._1 != address)
+              case _ =>
+                logInfo(s"Fetching block $blockId failed")
+                Iterator.empty
+            }
+            if (newBlocksByAddr.nonEmpty) {
+              logInfo(s"New addresses found for block $blockId and mapIndex $mapIndex")
+              fallbackFetch(newBlocksByAddr)
+              result = null
+            } else {
+              throwFetchFailedException(blockId, mapIndex, address, e, Some(errorMsg))
+            }
+          }
+          else {
+            throwFetchFailedException(blockId, mapIndex, address, e, Some(errorMsg))
           }
-          throwFetchFailedException(blockId, mapIndex, address, e, Some(errorMsg))
 
         case DeferFetchRequestResult(request) =>
           val address = request.address
@@ -1206,6 +1248,7 @@ final class ShuffleBlockFetcherIterator(
     while (isRemoteBlockFetchable(fetchRequests)) {
       val request = fetchRequests.dequeue()
       val remoteAddress = request.address
+      // TODO: check if remote address is dead, schedule to retry migration destination
       if (isRemoteAddressMaxedOut(remoteAddress, request)) {
         logDebug(s"Deferring fetch request for $remoteAddress with ${request.blocks.size} blocks")
         val defReqQueue = deferredFetchRequests.getOrElse(remoteAddress, new Queue[FetchRequest]())
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/ShuffleBlockFetcherIteratorSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/ShuffleBlockFetcherIteratorSuite.scala
index 211de2e8729e..5bf4a0476ec5 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/ShuffleBlockFetcherIteratorSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/ShuffleBlockFetcherIteratorSuite.scala
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import org.mockito.stubbing.Answer
 import org.roaringbitmap.RoaringBitmap
 
 import org.apache.spark.{MapOutputTracker, SparkFunSuite, TaskContext}
+import org.apache.spark.ExecutorDeadException
 import org.apache.spark.MapOutputTracker.SHUFFLE_PUSH_MAP_ID
 import org.apache.spark.network._
 import org.apache.spark.network.buffer.{FileSegmentManagedBuffer, ManagedBuffer}
@@ -88,6 +89,27 @@ class ShuffleBlockFetcherIteratorSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
     }
   }
 
+  /** Configures `transfer` (mock [[BlockTransferService]]) to simulate a removed Executor. */
+  private def configureMockTransferDeadExecutor(data: Map[BlockId, ManagedBuffer]): Unit = {
+    var hasThrown = false
+    answerFetchBlocks { invocation =>
+      val blocks = invocation.getArgument[Array[String]](3)
+      val listener = invocation.getArgument[BlockFetchingListener](4)
+
+      for (blockId <- blocks) {
+        if (data.contains(BlockId(blockId))) {
+          if (!hasThrown) {
+            listener.onBlockFetchFailure(blockId, new ExecutorDeadException("dead :("))
+            hasThrown = true
+          }
+          listener.onBlockFetchSuccess(blockId, data(BlockId(blockId)))
+        } else {
+          listener.onBlockFetchFailure(blockId, new BlockNotFoundException(blockId))
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   /** Configures `transfer` (mock [[BlockTransferService]]) which mimics the Netty OOM issue. */
   private def configureNettyOOMMockTransfer(
       data: Map[BlockId, ManagedBuffer],
@@ -2076,4 +2098,41 @@ class ShuffleBlockFetcherIteratorSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
     assert(iterator.next()._1 === ShuffleBlockId(0, 1, 0))
     assert(!iterator.hasNext)
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-52090: Update block location when encountering a deadExecutorException") {
+    val blockManager = createMockBlockManager()
+
+    val remoteBmId1 = BlockManagerId("test-remote-client-1", "test-remote-host-1", 2)
+    val remoteBmId2 = BlockManagerId("test-remote-client-2", "test-remote-host-2", 2)
+
+    val remoteBlocks = Map[BlockId, ManagedBuffer](
+      ShuffleBlockId(0, 0, 0) -> createMockManagedBuffer()
+    )
+
+    configureMockTransferDeadExecutor(remoteBlocks)
+
+    val blocksByAddress = Map[BlockManagerId, Seq[(BlockId, Long, Int)]](
+      (remoteBmId1, toBlockList(remoteBlocks.keys, 1L, 0))
+    )
+
+    val migratedBlocksByAddress = Seq[(BlockManagerId, Seq[(BlockId, Long, Int)])](
+      (remoteBmId2, toBlockList(remoteBlocks.keys, 1L, 0))
+    )
+    when(mapOutputTracker.getMapSizesByExecutorId(any(), any(), any(), any(), any()))
+      .thenReturn(migratedBlocksByAddress.iterator)
+
+    val iterator = createShuffleBlockIteratorWithDefaults(
+      blocksByAddress = blocksByAddress
+    )
+
+    // fetch all blocks from the iterator
+    while (iterator.hasNext) {
+      val (blockId, inputStream) = iterator.next()
+    }
+
+    verify (mapOutputTracker, times(1)).unregisterShuffle(any())
+    verify (
+      mapOutputTracker, times(1)).getMapSizesByExecutorId(any(), any(), any(), any(), any()
+      )
+  }
 }