diff --git a/.changeset/warm-schools-applaud.md b/.changeset/warm-schools-applaud.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5875d09b4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/warm-schools-applaud.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"astro": patch
+---
+
+Prevents unhandledrejection error when checking for latest Astro version 
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/dev/dev.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/dev/dev.ts
index e0a25d75b8..e27a1f10b1 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/dev/dev.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/dev/dev.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export default async function dev(inlineConfig: AstroInlineConfig): Promise<DevS
 						);
 					}
 				}
-			});
+			}).catch(() => { });
 		} catch (e) {
 			// Just ignore the error, we don't want to block the dev server from starting and this is just a nice-to-have feature
 		}