diff --git a/Package.swift b/Package.swift
index b77b90b1..38b0ade8 100644
--- a/Package.swift
+++ b/Package.swift
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ let package = Package(
         .library(name: "NIOCertificateHelpers", targets: ["NIOCertificateHelpers"]),
     ],
     dependencies: [
-        .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-nio.git", from: "2.81.0"),
+        .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-nio.git", from: "2.94.0"),
         .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-nio-http2.git", from: "1.27.0"),
         .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-http-types.git", from: "1.3.0"),
         .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-http-structured-headers.git", from: "1.2.0"),
diff --git a/Sources/NIOResumableUpload/HTTPResumableUploadChannel.swift b/Sources/NIOResumableUpload/HTTPResumableUploadChannel.swift
index 73a28ed1..434c3418 100644
--- a/Sources/NIOResumableUpload/HTTPResumableUploadChannel.swift
+++ b/Sources/NIOResumableUpload/HTTPResumableUploadChannel.swift
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ final class HTTPResumableUploadChannel: Channel, ChannelCore, @unchecked Sendabl
         self.allocator = parent.allocator
         self.closePromise = parent.eventLoop.makePromise()
         self.eventLoop = parent.eventLoop
-        // Only support Channels that implement sync options
-        let autoRead = try! parent.syncOptions!.getOption(ChannelOptions.autoRead)
-        self.autoRead = NIOLoopBound(autoRead, eventLoop: eventLoop)
+        // Only support Channels that implement sync options, but catch errors if e.g. parent is closed already.
+        let autoRead = try? parent.syncOptions!.getOption(ChannelOptions.autoRead)
+        self.autoRead = NIOLoopBound(autoRead ?? false, eventLoop: eventLoop)
         self._pipeline = ChannelPipeline(channel: self)
         channelConfigurator(self)
     }
diff --git a/Tests/NIOResumableUploadTests/NIOResumableUploadTests.swift b/Tests/NIOResumableUploadTests/NIOResumableUploadTests.swift
index 8c1df99a..ed766d49 100644
--- a/Tests/NIOResumableUploadTests/NIOResumableUploadTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/NIOResumableUploadTests/NIOResumableUploadTests.swift
@@ -639,6 +639,35 @@ final class NIOResumableUploadTests: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertTrue(try channel3.finish().isClean)
         XCTAssertTrue(try channel.finish().isClean)
     }
+
+    func testChannelInitHandlesParentThrowingOnOptionsRead() throws {
+        let channel = EmbeddedChannel()
+        let recorder = InboundRecorder<HTTPRequestPart, Never>()
+
+        // Close the channel before we even get going.
+        try channel.close().wait()
+
+        // Opt into the throwing behaviour (similar to socket-based channels).
+        channel.allowOptionsWhenClosed = false
+
+        let context = HTTPResumableUploadContext(origin: "https://example.com")
+        try channel.pipeline.syncOperations.addHandler(
+            HTTPResumableUploadHandler(context: context, handlers: [recorder])
+        )
+
+        // Send a request.
+        let request = HTTPRequest(method: .get, scheme: "https", authority: "example.com", path: "/")
+        try channel.writeInbound(HTTPRequestPart.head(request))
+        try channel.writeInbound(HTTPRequestPart.end(nil))
+
+        // Check recorder was called, which means the outer channel handler was created and called.
+        XCTAssertEqual(recorder.receivedFrames.count, 2)
+        XCTAssertEqual(recorder.receivedFrames[0], HTTPRequestPart.head(request))
+        XCTAssertEqual(recorder.receivedFrames[1], HTTPRequestPart.end(nil))
+
+        // Tolerate the channel being already closed -- we closed it :)
+        XCTAssertTrue(try channel.finish(acceptAlreadyClosed: true).isClean)
+    }
 }
 
 extension HTTPField.Name {