diff --git a/lib/platform/azure/azure-helper.ts b/lib/platform/azure/azure-helper.ts
index fdec24ecd3d201d1be1fe596cb9b9fe43213ae2c..05f3e2ba825a16ace54e2233c0b9ef7bfa821794 100644
--- a/lib/platform/azure/azure-helper.ts
+++ b/lib/platform/azure/azure-helper.ts
@@ -254,9 +254,11 @@ export async function getMergeMethod(
     )
     .map(p => p.settings)[0];
 
-  return (
-    Object.keys(policyConfigurations)
+  try {
+    return Object.keys(policyConfigurations)
       .map(p => GitPullRequestMergeStrategy[p.slice(5)])
-      .find(p => p) || GitPullRequestMergeStrategy.NoFastForward
-  );
+      .find(p => p);
+  } catch (err) {
+    return GitPullRequestMergeStrategy.NoFastForward;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/test/platform/azure/azure-helper.spec.ts b/test/platform/azure/azure-helper.spec.ts
index 2fe6cd9503d5526875b48ed51a4abf5b22a3b86a..e4223fafbf1dc94b6292b298b799a74ed9925986 100644
--- a/test/platform/azure/azure-helper.spec.ts
+++ b/test/platform/azure/azure-helper.spec.ts
@@ -349,20 +349,7 @@ describe('platform/azure/helpers', () => {
       azureApi.policyApi.mockImplementationOnce(
         () =>
           ({
-            getPolicyConfigurations: jest.fn(() => [
-              {
-                settings: {
-                  scope: [
-                    {
-                      repositoryId: '',
-                    },
-                  ],
-                },
-                type: {
-                  id: 'fa4e907d-c16b-4a4c-9dfa-4916e5d171ab',
-                },
-              },
-            ]),
+            getPolicyConfigurations: jest.fn(() => []),
           } as any)
       );
       expect(await azureHelper.getMergeMethod('', '')).toEqual(