diff --git a/packages/core/src/session_pool/session.ts b/packages/core/src/session_pool/session.ts
index 95c5cd7378f2..df3e9e7c836d 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/session_pool/session.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/session_pool/session.ts
@@ -364,7 +364,11 @@ export class Session implements ISession {
      * Sets a cookie within this session for the specific URL.
      */
     setCookie(rawCookie: string, url: string): void {
-        this.cookieJar.setCookieSync(rawCookie, url);
+        try {
+            this.cookieJar.setCookieSync(rawCookie, url);
+        } catch (e) {
+            this.log.warning('Could not set cookie.', { url, error: (e as Error).message });
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -384,7 +388,7 @@ export class Session implements ISession {
 
         // if invalid cookies are provided just log the exception. No need to retry the request automatically.
         if (errorMessages.length) {
-            this.log.debug('Could not set cookies.', { errorMessages });
+            this.log.warning('Could not set cookies.', { errorMessages });
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/http-client/package.json b/packages/http-client/package.json
index e7d4c5b4f3f0..f94278cc9e54 100644
--- a/packages/http-client/package.json
+++ b/packages/http-client/package.json
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
         "access": "public"
     },
     "dependencies": {
+        "@apify/log": "^2.5.32",
         "@crawlee/types": "4.0.0",
         "tough-cookie": "^6.0.0"
     }
diff --git a/packages/http-client/src/base-http-client.ts b/packages/http-client/src/base-http-client.ts
index f2831f0af598..94f9e2fc83c3 100644
--- a/packages/http-client/src/base-http-client.ts
+++ b/packages/http-client/src/base-http-client.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import type { BaseHttpClient as BaseHttpClientInterface, SendRequestOptions } from '@crawlee/types';
 import { CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie';
 
+import type { Log } from '@apify/log';
+import defaultLog from '@apify/log';
+
 export interface CustomFetchOptions {
     proxyUrl?: string;
 }
@@ -11,6 +14,12 @@ export interface CustomFetchOptions {
  * implement only the low-level network call in `fetch`.
  */
 export abstract class BaseHttpClient implements BaseHttpClientInterface {
+    protected log: Log;
+
+    constructor(log?: Log) {
+        this.log = log ?? defaultLog;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Perform the raw network request and return a single Response without any
      * automatic redirect following or special error handling.
@@ -18,10 +27,16 @@ export abstract class BaseHttpClient implements BaseHttpClientInterface {
     protected abstract fetch(input: Request, init?: RequestInit & CustomFetchOptions): Promise<Response>;
 
     private async applyCookies(request: Request, cookieJar: CookieJar): Promise<Request> {
-        const cookies = (await cookieJar.getCookies(request.url)).map((x) => x.cookieString().trim()).filter(Boolean);
+        try {
+            const cookies = (await cookieJar.getCookies(request.url))
+                .map((x) => x.cookieString().trim())
+                .filter(Boolean);
 
-        if (cookies?.length > 0) {
-            request.headers.set('cookie', cookies.join('; '));
+            if (cookies?.length > 0) {
+                request.headers.set('cookie', cookies.join('; '));
+            }
+        } catch (e) {
+            this.log.warning(`Failed to get cookies for URL "${request.url}": ${(e as Error).message}`);
         }
         return request;
     }
@@ -29,7 +44,13 @@ export abstract class BaseHttpClient implements BaseHttpClientInterface {
     private async setCookies(response: Response, cookieJar: CookieJar): Promise<void> {
         const setCookieHeaders = response.headers.getSetCookie();
 
-        await Promise.all(setCookieHeaders.map((header) => cookieJar.setCookie(header, response.url)));
+        for (const header of setCookieHeaders) {
+            try {
+                await cookieJar.setCookie(header, response.url);
+            } catch (e) {
+                this.log.warning(`Failed to set cookie for URL "${response.url}": ${(e as Error).message}`);
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     private resolveRequestContext(options?: SendRequestOptions): {
diff --git a/test/core/session_pool/session.test.ts b/test/core/session_pool/session.test.ts
index 03bb260b916e..7cbd32da0a45 100644
--- a/test/core/session_pool/session.test.ts
+++ b/test/core/session_pool/session.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { EVENT_SESSION_RETIRED, Session, SessionPool } from '@crawlee/core';
+import { EVENT_SESSION_RETIRED, log, Session, SessionPool } from '@crawlee/core';
 import { ResponseWithUrl } from '@crawlee/http-client';
 import { entries, sleep } from '@crawlee/utils';
 import { CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie';
@@ -207,6 +207,26 @@ describe('Session - testing session behaviour ', () => {
         expect(session.getCookieString(url)).toBe('cookie2=your-cookie');
     });
 
+    test('setCookies will log warning (not throw) on invalid cookies', () => {
+        const url = 'https://www.example.com';
+        // domain 'abc.different.domain' does not match the request URL, so tough-cookie rejects it
+        const cookies = [{ name: 'cookie1', value: 'my-cookie', domain: 'abc.different.domain' }];
+
+        const mockedLog = vitest.mockObject(log, {
+            spy: true,
+        });
+
+        session = new Session({ sessionPool, log: mockedLog } as any);
+        session.setCookies(cookies, url);
+        expect(session.getCookieString(url)).toBe('');
+        expect(mockedLog.warning).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    });
+
+    test('setCookie does not throw on malformed raw cookie string', () => {
+        session = new Session({ sessionPool });
+        expect(() => session.setCookie('garbled!!!@#$%nonsense', 'https://www.example.com')).not.toThrow();
+    });
+
     test('setCookies works with hostOnly cookies', () => {
         const url = 'https://www.example.com';
         const cookies = [
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index a017feaf987d..12f158b9903c 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@apify/consts@npm:^2.51.0":
+  version: 2.51.0
+  resolution: "@apify/consts@npm:2.51.0"
+  checksum: 10c0/06902272f1ca99ed515d45aca546ba41130dc8719413e1dd3ceed8c5dd7eeea30a9215227ac393403646b7fbef04bd26ef4f8215c5f04e5d42fa71834304071b
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@apify/datastructures@npm:^2.0.0, @apify/datastructures@npm:^2.0.3":
   version: 2.0.3
   resolution: "@apify/datastructures@npm:2.0.3"
@@ -79,6 +86,16 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@apify/log@npm:^2.5.32":
+  version: 2.5.32
+  resolution: "@apify/log@npm:2.5.32"
+  dependencies:
+    "@apify/consts": "npm:^2.51.0"
+    ansi-colors: "npm:^4.1.1"
+  checksum: 10c0/dbe716561ee9df72a5f1b26881837780f3d7d8afb11676fd20f4e529dfce7997a4cc6e240c5902c27efa2b73beb66a8563d72a911dc4b6e641c92e8507dfdefb
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@apify/ps-tree@npm:^1.2.0":
   version: 1.2.0
   resolution: "@apify/ps-tree@npm:1.2.0"
@@ -668,6 +685,7 @@ __metadata:
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "@crawlee/http-client@workspace:packages/http-client"
   dependencies:
+    "@apify/log": "npm:^2.5.32"
     "@crawlee/types": "npm:4.0.0"
     tough-cookie: "npm:^6.0.0"
   languageName: unknown