diff --git a/src/secrets.js b/src/secrets.js
index 875249b4..45b26e0a 100644
--- a/src/secrets.js
+++ b/src/secrets.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ async function getSecrets(secretRequests, client) {
                 responseCache.set(requestPath, body);
             } catch (error) {
                 const {response} = error;
-                if (response.statusCode === 404) {
+                if (response?.statusCode === 404) {
                     throw Error(`Unable to retrieve result for "${path}" because it was not found: ${response.body.trim()}`)
                 }
                 throw error