diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 39a5be0963f..8bef4d3b8f4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 - fix(f3): limit the concurrency of F3 power table calculation ([filecoin-project/lotus#13085](https://github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/pull/13085))
 - feat(f3): remove dynnamic manifest functionality and use static manifest ([filecoin-project/lotus#13074](https://github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/pull/13074))
 - chore(deps): bump filecoin-ffi for fvm@v4.7 which adds Logs and IpldOps to debug FVM execution traces ([filecoin-project/lotus#13029](https://github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/pull/13029))
+- chore: return `method not supported` via Gateway when /v2 isn't supported by the backend ([filecoin-project/lotus#13121](https://github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/pull/13121)
 
 See https://github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/blob/release/v1.33.0/CHANGELOG.md
 
diff --git a/cli/lotus/daemon.go b/cli/lotus/daemon.go
index b242f9cf1bf..bc0bab33d2d 100644
--- a/cli/lotus/daemon.go
+++ b/cli/lotus/daemon.go
@@ -386,10 +386,11 @@ var DaemonCmd = &cli.Command{
 
 			gapiv2, closerV2, err := lcli.GetGatewayAPIV2(cctx)
 			if err != nil {
-				return err
+				log.Warnw("Unable to connect to v2 API. Using method not supported for /rpc/v2 in gateway", "err", err)
+				gapiv2 = &v2api.GatewayStruct{ /* Returns "method not supported" for everything */ }
+			} else {
+				defer closerV2()
 			}
-			defer closerV2()
-
 			liteModeDeps = node.Options(
 				node.Override(new(lapi.Gateway), gapiv1),
 				node.Override(new(v2api.Gateway), gapiv2))