diff --git a/src/autoupdater.ts b/src/autoupdater.ts
index 16983c44..794d27ee 100644
--- a/src/autoupdater.ts
+++ b/src/autoupdater.ts
@@ -122,6 +122,13 @@ export class AutoUpdater {
       mergeOpts.commit_message = mergeMsg;
     }
 
+    try {
+      await this.merge(mergeOpts);
+    } catch (e) {
+      ghCore.info(`Autoupdate will attempt to update any remaining PRs.`);
+      return false;
+    }
+
     await this.merge(mergeOpts);
 
     return true;
diff --git a/test/autoupdate.test.ts b/test/autoupdate.test.ts
index 898de3b3..e5e2a96e 100644
--- a/test/autoupdate.test.ts
+++ b/test/autoupdate.test.ts
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ describe('test `handlePush`', () => {
       name: repo,
     },
   };
+
   const cloneEvent = () => JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(dummyEvent));
 
   test('push event on a non-branch', async () => {
@@ -604,4 +605,20 @@ describe('test `merge`', () => {
 
     expect(scope.isDone()).toEqual(true);
   });
+
+  test('autoupdate continues with valid PRs if merging throws an error', async () => {
+    const mergeMsg = 'dummy-merge-msg';
+    (config.mergeMsg as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue(mergeMsg);
+    (config.dryRun as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue(false);
+
+    const updater = new AutoUpdater(config, {});
+
+    jest.spyOn(updater, 'prNeedsUpdate').mockResolvedValue(true);
+    jest.spyOn(updater, 'merge').mockImplementation(() => {
+      throw new Error('Resource not accessible by integration');
+    });
+
+    const updated = await updater.update(<any>validPull);
+    expect(updated).toEqual(false);
+  });
 });