diff --git a/protocol/amqp/v2/receiver.go b/protocol/amqp/v2/receiver.go
index 7304e8c8e..601d99f92 100644
--- a/protocol/amqp/v2/receiver.go
+++ b/protocol/amqp/v2/receiver.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package amqp
 import (
 	"context"
 	"io"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/Azure/go-amqp"
 
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/v2/protocol"
 )
 
+const serverDown = "session ended by server"
+
 // receiver wraps an amqp.Receiver as a binding.Receiver
 type receiver struct{ amqp *amqp.Receiver }
 
@@ -24,6 +27,10 @@ func (r *receiver) Receive(ctx context.Context) (binding.Message, error) {
 		if err == ctx.Err() {
 			return nil, io.EOF
 		}
+		// handle case when server goes down
+		if strings.HasPrefix(err.Error(), serverDown) {
+			return nil, io.EOF
+		}
 		return nil, err
 	}