diff --git a/.yarn/versions/7bfd08a0.yml b/.yarn/versions/7bfd08a0.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a10256495695
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.yarn/versions/7bfd08a0.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+releases:
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-version": prerelease
diff --git a/packages/plugin-version/sources/versionUtils.ts b/packages/plugin-version/sources/versionUtils.ts
index 9901ac781c93..1ef6607d78bc 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-version/sources/versionUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-version/sources/versionUtils.ts
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ export async function updateVersionFiles(project: Project) {
     const versionContent = await xfs.readFilePromise(versionPath, `utf8`);
     const versionData = parseSyml(versionContent);
 
-    if (typeof versionData.releases === `undefined`)
+    if (versionData.releases === null)
       continue;
 
     for (const locatorStr of Object.keys(versionData.releases || {})) {