diff --git a/.changeset/quote-plastic-monk.md b/.changeset/quote-plastic-monk.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..231afa33e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/quote-plastic-monk.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/cli': patch
+---
+
+Handle no npm info
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/versions/bump.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/versions/bump.test.ts
index 164a202385..987d4f6f31 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/versions/bump.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/versions/bump.test.ts
@@ -177,4 +177,71 @@ describe('bump', () => {
       },
     });
   });
+
+  it('should ignore not found packages', async () => {
+    // Make sure all modules involved in package discovery are in the module cache before we mock fs
+    await mapDependencies(paths.targetDir);
+    mockFs({
+      '/yarn.lock': lockfileMockResult,
+      '/lerna.json': JSON.stringify({
+        packages: ['packages/*'],
+      }),
+      '/packages/a/package.json': JSON.stringify({
+        name: 'a',
+        dependencies: {
+          '@backstage/core': '^1.0.5',
+        },
+      }),
+      '/packages/b/package.json': JSON.stringify({
+        name: 'b',
+        dependencies: {
+          '@backstage/core': '^1.0.3',
+          '@backstage/theme': '^2.0.0',
+        },
+      }),
+    });
+
+    paths.targetDir = '/';
+    jest
+      .spyOn(paths, 'resolveTargetRoot')
+      .mockImplementation((...paths) => resolvePath('/', ...paths));
+    jest.spyOn(runObj, 'runPlain').mockImplementation(async () => '');
+    jest.spyOn(runObj, 'run').mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+
+    const { log: logs } = await withLogCollector(['log'], async () => {
+      await bump();
+    });
+    expect(logs.filter(Boolean)).toEqual([
+      'Checking for updates of @backstage/theme',
+      'Checking for updates of @backstage/core',
+      'Package info not found, ignoring package @backstage/theme',
+      'Package info not found, ignoring package @backstage/core',
+      'Checking for updates of @backstage/theme',
+      'Checking for updates of @backstage/core',
+      'Package info not found, ignoring package @backstage/theme',
+      'Package info not found, ignoring package @backstage/core',
+      'All Backstage packages are up to date!',
+    ]);
+
+    expect(runObj.run).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+
+    const lockfileContents = await fs.readFile('/yarn.lock', 'utf8');
+    expect(lockfileContents).toBe(lockfileMockResult);
+
+    const packageA = await fs.readJson('/packages/a/package.json');
+    expect(packageA).toEqual({
+      name: 'a',
+      dependencies: {
+        '@backstage/core': '^1.0.5', // not bumped
+      },
+    });
+    const packageB = await fs.readJson('/packages/b/package.json');
+    expect(packageB).toEqual({
+      name: 'b',
+      dependencies: {
+        '@backstage/core': '^1.0.3', // not bumped
+        '@backstage/theme': '^2.0.0', // not bumped
+      },
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/versions/bump.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/versions/bump.ts
index 8b32cd5768..af670d4a8b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/versions/bump.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/versions/bump.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import {
   Lockfile,
 } from '../../lib/versioning';
 import { includedFilter, forbiddenDuplicatesFilter } from './lint';
+import { NotFoundError } from '../../lib/errors';
 
 const DEP_TYPES = [
   'dependencies',
@@ -55,7 +56,16 @@ export default async () => {
   // Track package versions that we want to remove from yarn.lock in order to trigger a bump
   const unlocked = Array<{ name: string; range: string; target: string }>();
   await workerThreads(16, dependencyMap.entries(), async ([name, pkgs]) => {
-    const target = await findTargetVersion(name);
+    let target: string;
+    try {
+      target = await findTargetVersion(name);
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (error instanceof NotFoundError) {
+        console.log(`Package info not found, ignoring package ${name}`);
+        return;
+      }
+      throw error;
+    }
 
     for (const pkg of pkgs) {
       if (semver.satisfies(target, pkg.range)) {
@@ -84,7 +94,16 @@ export default async () => {
       return;
     }
 
-    const target = await findTargetVersion(name);
+    let target: string;
+    try {
+      target = await findTargetVersion(name);
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (error instanceof NotFoundError) {
+        console.log(`Package info not found, ignoring package ${name}`);
+        return;
+      }
+      throw error;
+    }
 
     for (const entry of lockfile.get(name) ?? []) {
       // Ignore lockfile entries that don't satisfy the version range, since
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/errors.ts b/packages/cli/src/lib/errors.ts
index a1eab4c9e5..110a095fe3 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/errors.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/lib/errors.ts
@@ -44,3 +44,5 @@ export function exitWithError(error: Error): never {
     process.exit(1);
   }
 }
+
+export class NotFoundError extends CustomError {}
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/versioning/packages.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/lib/versioning/packages.test.ts
index b0f1c46e8a..784be60632 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/versioning/packages.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/lib/versioning/packages.test.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import path from 'path';
 import * as runObj from '../run';
 import { paths } from '../paths';
 import { fetchPackageInfo, mapDependencies } from './packages';
+import { NotFoundError } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 
 describe('fetchPackageInfo', () => {
   afterEach(() => {
@@ -40,6 +41,14 @@ describe('fetchPackageInfo', () => {
       'my-package',
     );
   });
+
+  it('should throw if no info', async () => {
+    jest.spyOn(runObj, 'runPlain').mockResolvedValue('');
+
+    await expect(fetchPackageInfo('my-package')).rejects.toThrow(
+      new NotFoundError(`No package information found for package my-package`),
+    );
+  });
 });
 
 describe('mapDependencies', () => {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/versioning/packages.ts b/packages/cli/src/lib/versioning/packages.ts
index 76e5dc49b0..991a4d23ef 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/versioning/packages.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/lib/versioning/packages.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { runPlain } from '../../lib/run';
+import { NotFoundError } from '../errors';
 
 const PREFIX = '@backstage';
 
@@ -49,6 +50,11 @@ export async function fetchPackageInfo(
   name: string,
 ): Promise<YarnInfoInspectData> {
   const output = await runPlain('yarn', 'info', '--json', name);
+
+  if (!output) {
+    throw new NotFoundError(`No package information found for package ${name}`);
+  }
+
   const info = JSON.parse(output) as YarnInfo;
   if (info.type !== 'inspect') {
     throw new Error(`Received unknown yarn info for ${name}, ${output}`);