diff --git a/.changeset/new-mangos-tap.md b/.changeset/new-mangos-tap.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b57510417
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/new-mangos-tap.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/cli': patch
+---
+
+Tweak error message in lockfile parsing to include more information.
diff --git a/.github/styles/vocab.txt b/.github/styles/vocab.txt
index 48f2f81d9f..519216ecd8 100644
--- a/.github/styles/vocab.txt
+++ b/.github/styles/vocab.txt
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ Kumar
 learnings
 lerna
 Lerna
+lockfile
 Luxon
 magiclink
 mailto
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/versioning/Lockfile.ts b/packages/cli/src/lib/versioning/Lockfile.ts
index f567786b7c..f0867c6408 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/versioning/Lockfile.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/lib/versioning/Lockfile.ts
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ export class Lockfile {
         const acceptedVersion = versions.find(v => semver.satisfies(v, range));
         if (!acceptedVersion) {
           throw new Error(
-            `No existing version was accepted for range ${range}, searching through ${versions}`,
+            `No existing version was accepted for range ${range}, searching through ${versions}, for package ${name}`,
           );
         }