diff --git a/src/Command/SelfUpdateCommand.php b/src/Command/SelfUpdateCommand.php
index ea9a1529..b60860fa 100644
--- a/src/Command/SelfUpdateCommand.php
+++ b/src/Command/SelfUpdateCommand.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 use Php\Pie\File\FullPathToSelf;
 use Php\Pie\File\SudoFilePut;
 use Php\Pie\SelfManage\Update\FetchPieReleaseFromGitHub;
+use Php\Pie\SelfManage\Update\PiePharMissingFromLatestRelease;
 use Php\Pie\SelfManage\Update\ReleaseMetadata;
 use Php\Pie\SelfManage\Verify\FailedToVerifyRelease;
 use Php\Pie\SelfManage\Verify\VerifyPieReleaseUsingAttestation;
@@ -92,8 +93,15 @@ public function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
 
             $output->writeln('Downloading the latest nightly release.');
         } else {
-            $latestRelease = $fetchLatestPieRelease->latestReleaseMetadata();
-            $pieVersion    = PieVersion::get();
+            try {
+                $latestRelease = $fetchLatestPieRelease->latestReleaseMetadata();
+            } catch (PiePharMissingFromLatestRelease $piePharMissingFromLatestRelease) {
+                $output->writeln(sprintf('<error>%s</error>', $piePharMissingFromLatestRelease->getMessage()));
+
+                return Command::FAILURE;
+            }
+
+            $pieVersion = PieVersion::get();
 
             if (preg_match('/^(?<tag>.+)@(?<hash>[a-f0-9]{7})$/', $pieVersion, $matches)) {
                 // Have to change the version to something the Semver library understands
diff --git a/src/Downloading/GithubPackageReleaseAssets.php b/src/Downloading/GithubPackageReleaseAssets.php
index 89b26c9a..5b10942e 100644
--- a/src/Downloading/GithubPackageReleaseAssets.php
+++ b/src/Downloading/GithubPackageReleaseAssets.php
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ private function getReleaseAssetsForPackage(
         Assert::notNull($package->downloadUrl());
 
         try {
-            $decodedRepsonse = $httpDownloader->get(
+            $decodedResponse = $httpDownloader->get(
                 $this->githubApiBaseUrl . '/repos/' . $package->githubOrgAndRepository() . '/releases/tags/' . $package->version(),
                 [
                     'retry-auth-failure' => true,
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ private function getReleaseAssetsForPackage(
             throw $t;
         }
 
-        Assert::isArray($decodedRepsonse);
-        Assert::keyExists($decodedRepsonse, 'assets');
-        Assert::isList($decodedRepsonse['assets']);
+        Assert::isArray($decodedResponse);
+        Assert::keyExists($decodedResponse, 'assets');
+        Assert::isList($decodedResponse['assets']);
 
         return array_map(
             static function (array $asset): array {
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ static function (array $asset): array {
 
                 return $asset;
             },
-            $decodedRepsonse['assets'],
+            $decodedResponse['assets'],
         );
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/SelfManage/Update/FetchPieRelease.php b/src/SelfManage/Update/FetchPieRelease.php
index ef02be0e..3ec78c7e 100644
--- a/src/SelfManage/Update/FetchPieRelease.php
+++ b/src/SelfManage/Update/FetchPieRelease.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 /** @internal This is not public API for PIE, so should not be depended upon unless you accept the risk of BC breaks */
 interface FetchPieRelease
 {
+    /** @throws PiePharMissingFromLatestRelease */
     public function latestReleaseMetadata(): ReleaseMetadata;
 
     /** Download the given pie.phar and return the filename (should be a temp file) */
diff --git a/src/SelfManage/Update/FetchPieReleaseFromGitHub.php b/src/SelfManage/Update/FetchPieReleaseFromGitHub.php
index e56ce9ed..efba02ad 100644
--- a/src/SelfManage/Update/FetchPieReleaseFromGitHub.php
+++ b/src/SelfManage/Update/FetchPieReleaseFromGitHub.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 use function array_filter;
 use function array_map;
+use function count;
 use function file_put_contents;
 use function reset;
 use function sys_get_temp_dir;
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ public function latestReleaseMetadata(): ReleaseMetadata
     {
         $url = $this->githubApiBaseUrl . self::PIE_LATEST_RELEASE_URL;
 
-        $decodedRepsonse = $this->httpDownloader->get(
+        $decodedResponse = $this->httpDownloader->get(
             $url,
             [
                 'retry-auth-failure' => true,
@@ -45,11 +46,11 @@ public function latestReleaseMetadata(): ReleaseMetadata
             ],
         )->decodeJson();
 
-        Assert::isArray($decodedRepsonse);
-        Assert::keyExists($decodedRepsonse, 'tag_name');
-        Assert::stringNotEmpty($decodedRepsonse['tag_name']);
-        Assert::keyExists($decodedRepsonse, 'assets');
-        Assert::isList($decodedRepsonse['assets']);
+        Assert::isArray($decodedResponse);
+        Assert::keyExists($decodedResponse, 'tag_name');
+        Assert::stringNotEmpty($decodedResponse['tag_name']);
+        Assert::keyExists($decodedResponse, 'assets');
+        Assert::isList($decodedResponse['assets']);
 
         $assetsNamedPiePhar = array_filter(
             array_map(
@@ -62,16 +63,21 @@ static function (array $asset): array {
 
                     return $asset;
                 },
-                $decodedRepsonse['assets'],
+                $decodedResponse['assets'],
             ),
             static function (array $asset): bool {
                 return $asset['name'] === self::PIE_PHAR_NAME;
             },
         );
+
+        if (! count($assetsNamedPiePhar)) {
+            throw PiePharMissingFromLatestRelease::fromRelease($decodedResponse['tag_name']);
+        }
+
         $firstAssetNamedPiePhar = reset($assetsNamedPiePhar);
 
         return new ReleaseMetadata(
-            $decodedRepsonse['tag_name'],
+            $decodedResponse['tag_name'],
             $firstAssetNamedPiePhar['browser_download_url'],
         );
     }
diff --git a/src/SelfManage/Update/PiePharMissingFromLatestRelease.php b/src/SelfManage/Update/PiePharMissingFromLatestRelease.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..20cd5ff5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SelfManage/Update/PiePharMissingFromLatestRelease.php
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Php\Pie\SelfManage\Update;
+
+use RuntimeException;
+
+use function sprintf;
+
+class PiePharMissingFromLatestRelease extends RuntimeException
+{
+    /** @param non-empty-string $tagName */
+    public static function fromRelease(string $tagName): self
+    {
+        return new self(sprintf(
+            'PIE release %s does not have a pie.phar attached yet, try again in a few minutes.',
+            $tagName,
+        ));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/unit/SelfManage/Update/FetchPieReleaseFromGitHubTest.php b/test/unit/SelfManage/Update/FetchPieReleaseFromGitHubTest.php
index 5af96f35..f06642ca 100644
--- a/test/unit/SelfManage/Update/FetchPieReleaseFromGitHubTest.php
+++ b/test/unit/SelfManage/Update/FetchPieReleaseFromGitHubTest.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 use Composer\Util\Http\Response;
 use Composer\Util\HttpDownloader;
 use Php\Pie\SelfManage\Update\FetchPieReleaseFromGitHub;
+use Php\Pie\SelfManage\Update\PiePharMissingFromLatestRelease;
 use Php\Pie\SelfManage\Update\ReleaseMetadata;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\CoversClass;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
@@ -72,6 +73,50 @@ public function testLatestReleaseMetadata(): void
         self::assertSame(self::TEST_GITHUB_URL . '/path/to/pie.phar', $latestRelease->downloadUrl);
     }
 
+    public function testLatestReleaseNotHavingPiePharThrowsException(): void
+    {
+        $httpDownloader = $this->createMock(HttpDownloader::class);
+        $authHelper     = $this->createMock(AuthHelper::class);
+
+        $url = self::TEST_GITHUB_URL . '/repos/php/pie/releases/latest';
+        $authHelper
+            ->method('addAuthenticationHeader')
+            ->willReturn(['Authorization: Bearer fake-token']);
+        $httpDownloader->expects(self::once())
+            ->method('get')
+            ->with(
+                $url,
+                [
+                    'retry-auth-failure' => true,
+                    'http' => [
+                        'method' => 'GET',
+                        'header' => ['Authorization: Bearer fake-token'],
+                    ],
+                ],
+            )
+            ->willReturn(
+                new Response(
+                    ['url' => $url],
+                    200,
+                    [],
+                    json_encode([
+                        'tag_name' => '1.2.3',
+                        'assets' => [
+                            [
+                                'name' => 'not-pie.phar',
+                                'browser_download_url' => self::TEST_GITHUB_URL . '/do/not/download/this',
+                            ],
+                        ],
+                    ]),
+                ),
+            );
+
+        $fetch = new FetchPieReleaseFromGitHub(self::TEST_GITHUB_URL, $httpDownloader, $authHelper);
+
+        $this->expectException(PiePharMissingFromLatestRelease::class);
+        $fetch->latestReleaseMetadata();
+    }
+
     public function testDownloadContent(): void
     {
         $url            = self::TEST_GITHUB_URL . '/path/to/pie.phar';