diff --git a/packages/api/src/router/update-checker.ts b/packages/api/src/router/update-checker.ts
index 4b36c3f93..d02744f92 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/router/update-checker.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/router/update-checker.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
+import { formatError } from "pretty-print-error";
+
+import { logger } from "@homarr/log";
 import { updateCheckerRequestHandler } from "@homarr/request-handler/update-checker";
 
 import { createTRPCRouter, permissionRequiredProcedure } from "../trpc";
 
 export const updateCheckerRouter = createTRPCRouter({
   getAvailableUpdates: permissionRequiredProcedure.requiresPermission("admin").query(async () => {
-    const handler = updateCheckerRequestHandler.handler({});
-    const data = await handler.getCachedOrUpdatedDataAsync({});
-    return data.data.availableUpdates;
+    try {
+      const handler = updateCheckerRequestHandler.handler({});
+      const data = await handler.getCachedOrUpdatedDataAsync({});
+      return data.data.availableUpdates;
+    } catch (error) {
+      logger.error(`Failed to get available updates\n${formatError(error)}`);
+      return undefined; // We return undefined to not show the indicator in the UI
+    }
   }),
 });