diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/dependency-dashboard.ts b/lib/workers/repository/dependency-dashboard.ts
index 6e1072c81deb6a89192e27fced93b87ee26f9113..9d25ac47c71e1a24fd4beac9131d9af232aee523 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/dependency-dashboard.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/dependency-dashboard.ts
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ export async function ensureDependencyDashboard(
   }
 
   if (config.dependencyDashboardIssue) {
-    const updatedIssue = await platform?.getIssue(
+    const updatedIssue = await platform.getIssue?.(
       config.dependencyDashboardIssue,
       false
     );