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 || {})) {