diff --git a/packages/monorepo-scripts/src/utils/utils.ts b/packages/monorepo-scripts/src/utils/utils.ts
index a7d60aca57..262947eea4 100644
--- a/packages/monorepo-scripts/src/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/monorepo-scripts/src/utils/utils.ts
@@ -76,18 +76,22 @@ export const utils = {
         return updatedPackages;
     },
     async getLernaUpdatedPackagesAsync(shouldIncludePrivate: boolean): Promise<UpdatedPackage[]> {
-        const result = await execAsync(`${constants.lernaExecutable} updated --json`, {
-            cwd: constants.monorepoRootPath,
-        });
-        if (result.stdout === '') {
+        try {
+            const result = await execAsync(`${constants.lernaExecutable} updated --json`, {
+                cwd: constants.monorepoRootPath,
+            });
+            if (result.stdout === '') {
+                return [];
+            }
+            const updatedPackages = JSON.parse(result.stdout);
+            if (!shouldIncludePrivate) {
+                const updatedPublicPackages = _.filter(updatedPackages, updatedPackage => !updatedPackage.private);
+                return updatedPublicPackages;
+            }
+            return updatedPackages;
+        } catch (err) {
             return [];
         }
-        const updatedPackages = JSON.parse(result.stdout);
-        if (!shouldIncludePrivate) {
-            const updatedPublicPackages = _.filter(updatedPackages, updatedPackage => !updatedPackage.private);
-            return updatedPublicPackages;
-        }
-        return updatedPackages;
     },
     async getNextPackageVersionAsync(
         currentVersion: string,