diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/extract.ts b/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/extract.ts
index 6fcabfc79c28aadf3025936a63f12f077a29db03..cc67a0e0ef0ec541b940e56a09ed2429788fae5d 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/extract.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/extract.ts
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ function extractWithYAMLParser(
   }
 
   for (const job of Object.values(pkg?.jobs ?? {})) {
-    const dep = extractContainer(job.container);
+    const dep = extractContainer(job?.container);
     if (dep) {
       dep.depType = 'container';
       deps.push(dep);