diff --git a/pkg/releasetracker/tracker.go b/pkg/releasetracker/tracker.go
index 530001c..ea2ad9a 100644
--- a/pkg/releasetracker/tracker.go
+++ b/pkg/releasetracker/tracker.go
@@ -497,8 +497,12 @@ func (p *Tracker) extractObjects(tmp interface{}, objPath, verPath, metaKey stri
 
 	var rs []*Release
 
+	var ary []interface{}
+
 	switch typed := got.(type) {
 	case []interface{}:
+		ary = typed
+
 		for _, obj := range typed {
 			raw, err := jsonpath.Get(verPath, obj)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -512,7 +516,8 @@ func (p *Tracker) extractObjects(tmp interface{}, objPath, verPath, metaKey stri
 
 			v, err := p.parseVersion(s)
 			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
+				p.Logger.Info("Ignoring error: parsing semver", "error", err.Error(), "value", s, "jsonPath", verPath)
+				continue
 			}
 
 			meta := map[string]interface{}{
@@ -520,11 +525,17 @@ func (p *Tracker) extractObjects(tmp interface{}, objPath, verPath, metaKey stri
 			}
 
 			rs = append(rs, &Release{
-				Semver: v,
+				Semver:  v,
 				Version: strings.TrimPrefix(s, "v"),
-				Meta: meta,
+				Meta:    meta,
 			})
 		}
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("extracting json array at path %q: invalid type of value, %T, found", objPath, typed)
+	}
+
+	if len(rs) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no valid versions extracted out of %d items at path %q under array at %q", len(ary), verPath, objPath)
 	}
 
 	sort.Slice(rs, func(i, j int) bool {
diff --git a/pkg/variantmod/manager.go b/pkg/variantmod/manager.go
index 7a37acb..cec1d46 100644
--- a/pkg/variantmod/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/variantmod/manager.go
@@ -168,7 +168,14 @@ func (m *ModuleManager) loadLockFile(path string) (*confapi.State, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	lockContents := confapi.State{Dependencies: map[string]confapi.DependencyState{}, RawLock: string(bytes)}
+	lockContents := confapi.State{
+		Dependencies: map[string]confapi.DependencyState{},
+		Meta: confapi.StateMeta{
+			Dependencies: map[string]confapi.VersionedDependencyStateMeta{},
+		},
+		RawLock: string(bytes),
+	}
+
 	if bytes != nil {
 		m.Logger.V(2).Info("load.yaml.unmarshal.begin", "bytes", string(bytes))
 		if err := yaml.Unmarshal(bytes, &lockContents); err != nil {