diff --git a/cmd/dump.go b/cmd/dump.go
index 1a3e24a7cb..75ae705242 100644
--- a/cmd/dump.go
+++ b/cmd/dump.go
@@ -78,11 +78,9 @@ func dumpInstalledObjectsCmdAction(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return cobraext.FlagParsingError(err, cobraext.DumpOutputFlagName)
 	}
 
-	tlsSkipVerify, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool(cobraext.TLSSkipVerifyFlagName)
-
-	var clientOptions []elasticsearch.ClientOption
-	if tlsSkipVerify {
-		clientOptions = append(clientOptions, elasticsearch.OptionWithSkipTLSVerify())
+	tlsSkipVerify, err := cmd.Flags().GetBool(cobraext.TLSSkipVerifyFlagName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return cobraext.FlagParsingError(err, cobraext.TLSSkipVerifyFlagName)
 	}
 
 	profile, err := cobraext.GetProfileFlag(cmd)
@@ -90,6 +88,27 @@ func dumpInstalledObjectsCmdAction(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	var kibanaOptions []kibana.ClientOption
+	if tlsSkipVerify {
+		kibanaOptions = append(kibanaOptions, kibana.TLSSkipVerify())
+	}
+	kibanaClient, err := stack.NewKibanaClientFromProfile(profile, kibanaOptions...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize Kibana client: %w", err)
+	}
+	installedPackage, err := kibanaClient.GetPackage(packageName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get package status: %w", err)
+	}
+	if installedPackage.Status == "not_installed" {
+		cmd.Printf("Package %s is not installed.\n", packageName)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	var clientOptions []elasticsearch.ClientOption
+	if tlsSkipVerify {
+		clientOptions = append(clientOptions, elasticsearch.OptionWithSkipTLSVerify())
+	}
 	client, err := stack.NewElasticsearchClientFromProfile(profile, clientOptions...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize Elasticsearch client: %w", err)
@@ -101,8 +120,11 @@ func dumpInstalledObjectsCmdAction(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("dump failed: %w", err)
 	}
 	if n == 0 {
-		cmd.Printf("No objects were dumped for package %s, is it installed?\n", packageName)
-		return nil
+		if installedPackage.Type == "input" {
+			cmd.Printf("No objects installed for input package %s unless a policy is created.\n", packageName)
+			return nil
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("no objects found for package %s", packageName)
 	}
 	cmd.Printf("Dumped %d installed objects for package %s to %s\n", n, packageName, outputPath)
 	return nil
diff --git a/internal/kibana/packages.go b/internal/kibana/packages.go
index 057c630b67..ba6d2d5735 100644
--- a/internal/kibana/packages.go
+++ b/internal/kibana/packages.go
@@ -62,7 +62,51 @@ func (c *Client) RemovePackage(name, version string) ([]packages.Asset, error) {
 	return processResults("remove", statusCode, respBody)
 }
 
+// FleetPackage contains information about a package in Fleet.
+type FleetPackage struct {
+	Name   string `json:"string"`
+	Type   string `json:"type"`
+	Status string `json:"status"`
+}
+
+// GetPackage obtains information about a package from Fleet.
+func (c *Client) GetPackage(name string) (*FleetPackage, error) {
+	path := c.epmPackageUrl(name, "")
+	statusCode, respBody, err := c.get(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not get package: %w", err)
+	}
+	if statusCode == http.StatusNotFound {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("package %s not found", name)
+	}
+	if statusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not get package; API status code = %d; response body = %s", statusCode, string(respBody))
+	}
+
+	var response struct {
+		// Response is here when old packages API is used (before 8.0)
+		Response *FleetPackage `json:"response"`
+
+		// Response is here when new packages API is used (since 8.0)
+		Item *FleetPackage `json:"item"`
+	}
+	err = json.Unmarshal(respBody, &response)
+	switch {
+	case err != nil:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to decode package response: %w", err)
+	case response.Response != nil:
+		return response.Response, nil
+	case response.Item != nil:
+		return response.Item, nil
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("package %s not found in response: %s", name, string(respBody))
+	}
+}
+
 func (c *Client) epmPackageUrl(name, version string) string {
+	if version == "" {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s/epm/packages/%s", FleetAPI, name)
+	}
 	switch {
 	case c.semver.Major() < 8:
 		return fmt.Sprintf("%s/epm/packages/%s-%s", FleetAPI, name, version)