diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/extract.ts b/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/extract.ts
index 874e8b4aed22290a2d838eb4988ff14eab59236c..0651a889685a93e842123e86e43c9d4c3b493cc2 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/extract.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/extract.ts
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ function extractWithYAMLParser(
     return [];
   }
 
-  for (const job of Object.values(pkg.jobs ?? {})) {
+  for (const job of Object.values(pkg?.jobs ?? {})) {
     if (job.container !== undefined) {
       const dep = extractContainer(job.container);
       dep.depType = 'container';