diff --git a/src/package-request.js b/src/package-request.js
index 846c769e29..6b35037474 100644
--- a/src/package-request.js
+++ b/src/package-request.js
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ export default class PackageRequest {
 
     // Make sure to always output `exotic` versions to be compatible with npm
     const isDepOld = ({current, latest, wanted}) =>
-      latest === 'exotic' || (semver.lt(current, wanted) || semver.lt(current, latest));
+      latest === undefined || latest === 'exotic' || (semver.lt(current, wanted) || semver.lt(current, latest));
     const orderByName = (depA, depB) => depA.name.localeCompare(depB.name);
     return deps.filter(isDepOld).sort(orderByName);
   }