diff --git a/extension/tasks/dependabotV2/index.ts b/extension/tasks/dependabotV2/index.ts
index 2ddea286..6641d051 100644
--- a/extension/tasks/dependabotV2/index.ts
+++ b/extension/tasks/dependabotV2/index.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { IDependabotUpdateOperationResult } from './utils/dependabot-cli/interfa
 import { IDependabotUpdate } from './utils/dependabot/interfaces/IDependabotConfig';
 import parseDependabotConfigFile from './utils/dependabot/parseConfigFile';
 import parseTaskInputConfiguration from './utils/getSharedVariables';
-import { getSecurityAdvisories, ISecurityAdvisory } from './utils/github/getSecurityAdvisories';
+import { getSecurityAdvisories, IDependency, ISecurityAdvisory } from './utils/github/getSecurityAdvisories';
 
 async function run() {
   let dependabot: DependabotCli = undefined;
@@ -118,11 +118,9 @@ async function run() {
         );
 
         // Get the list of security advisories that apply to the discovered dependencies
-        const dependenciesToCheckForSecurityAdvisories = discoveredDependencyListOutputs
+        const dependenciesToCheckForSecurityAdvisories: IDependency[] = discoveredDependencyListOutputs
           ?.find((x) => x.output.type == 'update_dependency_list')
-          ?.output?.data?.dependencies?.map((d) => {
-            d.name, d.version;
-          });
+          ?.output?.data?.dependencies?.map((d) => ({ name: d.name, version: d.version }));
         securityAdvisories = await getSecurityAdvisories(
           taskInputs.githubAccessToken,
           packageEcosystem,
@@ -134,20 +132,28 @@ async function run() {
       }
 
       // Run an update job for "all dependencies"; this will create new pull requests for dependencies that need updating
-      failedTasks += handleUpdateOperationResults(
-        await dependabot.update(
-          DependabotJobBuilder.updateAllDependenciesJob(
-            taskInputs,
-            updateId,
-            update,
-            dependabotConfig.registries,
-            dependencyNamesToUpdate,
-            existingPullRequestDependencies,
-            securityAdvisories,
+      const dependenciesHaveVulnerabilities = (dependencyNamesToUpdate.length && securityAdvisories.length);
+      if (!securityUpdatesOnly || dependenciesHaveVulnerabilities)
+      {
+        failedTasks += handleUpdateOperationResults(
+          await dependabot.update(
+            DependabotJobBuilder.updateAllDependenciesJob(
+              taskInputs,
+              updateId,
+              update,
+              dependabotConfig.registries,
+              dependencyNamesToUpdate,
+              existingPullRequestDependencies,
+              securityAdvisories,
+            ),
+            dependabotUpdaterOptions,
           ),
-          dependabotUpdaterOptions,
-        ),
-      );
+        );
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        console.info('Nothing to update; dependencies are not affected by any known vulnerability')
+      }
 
       // If there are existing pull requests, run an update job for each one; this will resolve merge conflicts and close pull requests that are no longer needed
       const numberOfPullRequestsToUpdate = Object.keys(existingPullRequests).length;
diff --git a/extension/tasks/dependabotV2/utils/github/getSecurityAdvisories.ts b/extension/tasks/dependabotV2/utils/github/getSecurityAdvisories.ts
index 6564704a..bf706a7b 100644
--- a/extension/tasks/dependabotV2/utils/github/getSecurityAdvisories.ts
+++ b/extension/tasks/dependabotV2/utils/github/getSecurityAdvisories.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ const GITHUB_ECOSYSTEM: { [key: string]: string } = {
   swift: 'SWIFT',
 };
 
+/**
+ * Dependency object
+ */
+export interface IDependency {
+  name: string;
+  version?: string;
+}
+
 /**
  * Security advisory object
  */
@@ -40,7 +48,7 @@ export interface ISecurityAdvisory {
 export async function getSecurityAdvisories(
   accessToken: string,
   packageEcosystem: string,
-  dependencies: { name: string; version?: string }[],
+  dependencies: IDependency[],
 ): Promise<ISecurityAdvisory[]> {
   const ecosystem = GITHUB_ECOSYSTEM[packageEcosystem];
   const query = `
@@ -64,7 +72,7 @@ export async function getSecurityAdvisories(
   // GitHub API doesn't support querying multiple dependencies at once, so we need to make a request for each dependency individually.
   // To speed up the process, we can make the requests in parallel, 100 at a time. We batch the requests to avoid hitting the rate limit too quickly.
   // https://docs.github.com/en/graphql/overview/rate-limits-and-node-limits-for-the-graphql-api
-  console.log(`Checking security advisories for ${dependencies.length} dependencies...`);
+  console.info(`Checking security advisories for ${dependencies.length} dependencies...`);
   const dependencyNames = dependencies.map((dependency) => dependency.name);
   const securityAdvisories = await batchSecurityAdvisoryQuery(100, dependencyNames, async (dependencyName) => {
     const variables = {
@@ -127,8 +135,8 @@ export async function getSecurityAdvisories(
   });
 
   const vulnerableDependencyCount = new Set(affectedAdvisories.map((advisory) => advisory['dependency-name'])).size;
-  console.log(
-    `Found ${vulnerableDependencyCount} vulnerable dependencies affected by ${affectedAdvisories.length} security advisories`,
+  console.info(
+    `Found ${affectedAdvisories.length} vulnerabilities; affecting ${vulnerableDependencyCount} dependencies`,
   );
   return affectedAdvisories;
 }