diff --git a/test/js/valkey/valkey.failing-subscriber-no-ipc.ts b/test/js/valkey/valkey.failing-subscriber-no-ipc.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb2d5c346b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/js/valkey/valkey.failing-subscriber-no-ipc.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+// Program which sets up a subscriber outside the scope of the main Jest process.
+// Used within valkey.test.ts.
+//
+// DO NOT IMPORT FROM test-utils.ts. That import is janky and will have different state at different from different
+// importers.
+//
+// These tests communicate over jsonb.
+import { RedisClient } from "bun";
+
+const CHANNEL = "error-callback-channel";
+
+export interface Message {
+  event: string;
+}
+
+export interface RunInfoMessage extends Message {
+  event: "start";
+  url: string;
+  tlsPaths?: { cert: string; key: string; ca: string };
+}
+
+export interface ValkeyReceivedMessage extends Message {
+  event: "message";
+  index: number;
+}
+
+export interface ExceptionMessage extends Message {
+  event: "exception";
+  exMsg: string;
+}
+
+export interface ReadyMessage extends Message {
+  event: "ready";
+}
+
+async function messageParent<MsgT extends Message>(msg: MsgT): Promise<void> {
+  process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(msg) + "\n");
+}
+
+async function waitForParentMessage<MsgT extends Message>(expectedEvent: MsgT["event"]): Promise<MsgT> {
+  for await (const line of console) {
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(line);
+    if (typeof(parsed) !== "object") {
+      throw new Error("Expected object message");
+    }
+
+    if (parsed.event === undefined || typeof(parsed.event) !== "string") {
+      throw new Error("Expected event field as a string");
+    }
+
+    if (parsed.event !== expectedEvent) {
+      throw new Error(`Expected event ${expectedEvent} but got ${parsed.event}`);
+    }
+
+    return parsed as MsgT;
+  }
+
+  throw new Error("Input stream unexpectedly closed");
+}
+
+if (import.meta.main) {
+  await messageParent({ event: "ready-for-url" });
+  const runInfo = await waitForParentMessage<RunInfoMessage>("start");
+  const subscriber = new RedisClient(runInfo.url, {
+    tls: runInfo.tlsPaths
+      ? {
+          cert: Bun.file(runInfo.tlsPaths.cert),
+          key: Bun.file(runInfo.tlsPaths.key),
+          ca: Bun.file(runInfo.tlsPaths.ca),
+        }
+      : undefined,
+  });
+  await subscriber.connect();
+
+  let counter = 0;
+  await subscriber.subscribe(CHANNEL, () => {
+    if ((counter++) === 1) {
+      throw new Error("Intentional callback error");
+    }
+
+    messageParent<ValkeyReceivedMessage>({ event: "message", index: counter });
+  });
+
+
+  process.on("uncaughtException", e => {
+    messageParent<ExceptionMessage>({ event: "exception", exMsg: e.message });
+  });
+
+  await messageParent({ event: "ready" });
+}
diff --git a/test/js/valkey/valkey.test.ts b/test/js/valkey/valkey.test.ts
index df4132a30c..6f0364d6ca 100644
--- a/test/js/valkey/valkey.test.ts
+++ b/test/js/valkey/valkey.test.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   TLS_REDIS_URL,
 } from "./test-utils";
 import type { RedisTestStartMessage } from "./valkey.failing-subscriber";
+import type { Message } from "./valkey.failing-subscriber-no-ipc";
 
 for (const connectionType of [ConnectionType.TLS, ConnectionType.TCP]) {
   const ctx = { ..._ctx, redis: connectionType ? _ctx.redis : (_ctx.redisTLS as RedisClient) };
@@ -6590,6 +6591,84 @@ for (const connectionType of [ConnectionType.TLS, ConnectionType.TCP]) {
         subscriber.close();
       });
 
+      test("callback errors don't crash the client (without IPC)", async () => {
+        const channel = "error-callback-channel";
+
+        const subscriberProc = spawn({
+          cmd: [bunExe(), `${__dirname}/valkey.failing-subscriber-no-ipc.ts`],
+          stdout: "pipe",
+          stderr: "inherit",
+          stdin: "pipe",
+          env: { ...process.env, NODE_ENV: "development" },
+        });
+
+        const reader = subscriberProc.stdout.getReader();
+        async function* readLines() {
+          const decoder = new TextDecoder();
+          let buffer = "";
+
+          while (true) {
+            const { done, value } = await reader.read();
+            if (done) break;
+
+            buffer += decoder.decode(value, { stream: true });
+            const lines = buffer.split("\n");
+            buffer = lines.pop() || "";
+
+            for (const line of lines) {
+              yield line;
+            }
+          }
+        }
+
+        async function waitForChildMessage<MsgT extends Message>(expectedEvent: MsgT["event"]): Promise<MsgT> {
+          for await (const line of readLines()) {
+            const parsed = JSON.parse(line);
+            if (typeof parsed !== "object") {
+              throw new Error("Expected object message");
+            }
+            if (parsed.event === undefined || typeof parsed.event !== "string") {
+              throw new Error("Expected event field as a string");
+            }
+            if (parsed.event !== expectedEvent) {
+              throw new Error(`Expected event ${expectedEvent} but got ${parsed.event}`);
+            }
+            return parsed as MsgT;
+          }
+          throw new Error("Input stream unexpectedly closed");
+        }
+
+        async function messageChild<MsgT extends Message>(msg: MsgT): Promise<void> {
+          subscriberProc.stdin!.write(JSON.stringify(msg) + "\n");
+        }
+
+        try {
+          // Wait for the process to announce it is ready for messages.
+          await waitForChildMessage("ready-for-url");
+
+          // Tell the child to start and connect to Redis.
+          await messageChild({
+            event: "start",
+            url: connectionType === ConnectionType.TLS ? TLS_REDIS_URL : DEFAULT_REDIS_URL,
+            tlsPaths: connectionType === ConnectionType.TLS ? TLS_REDIS_OPTIONS.tlsPaths : undefined,
+          });
+          await waitForChildMessage("ready");
+
+          expect(await ctx.redis.publish(channel, "message1")).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+          expect(await waitForChildMessage("message")).toMatchObject({ index: 1 });
+
+          // This should throw inside the child process, so it should notify us.
+          expect(await ctx.redis.publish(channel, "message2")).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+          await waitForChildMessage("exception");
+
+          expect(await ctx.redis.publish(channel, "message1")).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+          expect(await waitForChildMessage("message")).toMatchObject({ index: 3 });
+        } finally {
+          subscriberProc.kill();
+          await subscriberProc.exited;
+        }
+      });
+
       test("callback errors don't crash the client", async () => {
         const channel = "error-callback-channel";