diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/update/branch/get-updated.spec.ts b/lib/workers/repository/update/branch/get-updated.spec.ts
index 7846c42a418..3c1e068da3c 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/update/branch/get-updated.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/update/branch/get-updated.spec.ts
@@ -1667,8 +1667,7 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/branch/get-updated', () => {
       });
     });
 
-    // should never happen, but our types allow this
-    it('rejects when an updated dependency has no new version', async () => {
+    it('skips the pending-version check when re-extracted dep has no resolvable version', async () => {
       config.upgrades.push({
         packageFile: 'composer.json',
         manager: 'composer',
@@ -1699,19 +1698,16 @@ describe('workers/repository/update/branch/get-updated', () => {
         ],
       });
 
-      await expect(getUpdatedPackageFiles(config)).rejects.toThrowError(
-        'update-failure',
-      );
-
-      expect(logger.logger.error).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      const res = await getUpdatedPackageFiles(config);
+      expect(res.artifactErrors).toHaveLength(0);
+      expect(logger.logger.warn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         {
           packageFile: 'composer.json',
           manager: 'composer',
           branchName: 'renovate/pin',
           depName: 'some-dep',
-          newVersion: undefined,
         },
-        "No new version found for 'some-dep' after updating 'composer.json'",
+        "Could not determine resolved version for 'some-dep' after updating 'composer.json'; skipping pending-version check",
       );
     });
 
diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/update/branch/get-updated.ts b/lib/workers/repository/update/branch/get-updated.ts
index 6979d0af5c4..5448041b7c6 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/update/branch/get-updated.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/update/branch/get-updated.ts
@@ -602,17 +602,16 @@ async function checkForPendingVersions(
       dep.currentVersion ??
       dep.currentValue;
     if (!resolvedVersion) {
-      logger.error(
+      logger.warn(
         {
           packageFile: packageFileName,
           manager,
           branchName: config.branchName,
           depName,
-          newVersion: resolvedVersion,
         },
-        `No new version found for '${depName}' after updating '${packageFileName}'`,
+        `Could not determine resolved version for '${depName}' after updating '${packageFileName}'; skipping pending-version check`,
       );
-      throw new Error(WORKER_FILE_UPDATE_FAILED);
+      continue;
     }
 
     if (resolvedVersion && upgradeInfo.pendingVersions.has(resolvedVersion)) {