diff --git a/extension/tasks/dependabotV2/index.ts b/extension/tasks/dependabotV2/index.ts
index d9811c2c..b1ee6025 100644
--- a/extension/tasks/dependabotV2/index.ts
+++ b/extension/tasks/dependabotV2/index.ts
@@ -111,25 +111,27 @@ async function run() {
         failedJobs++;
       }
 
-      // Run an update job for each existing pull request; this will resolve merge conflicts and close pull requests that are no longer needed
-      if (!taskInputs.skipPullRequests) {
-        for (const pullRequestId in existingPullRequests) {
-          const updatePullRequestJob = DependabotJobBuilder.newUpdatePullRequestJob(
-            taskInputs,
-            pullRequestId,
-            update,
-            dependabotConfig.registries,
-            existingPullRequestDependencies,
-            existingPullRequests[pullRequestId],
-          );
-          const updatePullRequestOutputs = await dependabot.update(updatePullRequestJob, dependabotUpdaterOptions);
-          if (!updatePullRequestOutputs || updatePullRequestOutputs.filter((u) => !u.success).length > 0) {
-            updatePullRequestOutputs.filter((u) => !u.success).forEach((u) => exception(u.error));
-            failedJobs++;
+      // 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
+      if (existingPullRequests && existingPullRequests.keys.length > 0) {
+        if (!taskInputs.skipPullRequests) {
+          for (const pullRequestId in existingPullRequests) {
+            const updatePullRequestJob = DependabotJobBuilder.newUpdatePullRequestJob(
+              taskInputs,
+              pullRequestId,
+              update,
+              dependabotConfig.registries,
+              existingPullRequestDependencies,
+              existingPullRequests[pullRequestId],
+            );
+            const updatePullRequestOutputs = await dependabot.update(updatePullRequestJob, dependabotUpdaterOptions);
+            if (!updatePullRequestOutputs || updatePullRequestOutputs.filter((u) => !u.success).length > 0) {
+              updatePullRequestOutputs.filter((u) => !u.success).forEach((u) => exception(u.error));
+              failedJobs++;
+            }
           }
+        } else {
+          warning(`Skipping update of existing pull requests as 'skipPullRequests' is set to 'true'`);
         }
-      } else if (existingPullRequests.keys.length > 0) {
-        warning(`Skipping update of existing pull requests as 'skipPullRequests' is set to 'true'`);
       }
     }
 
@@ -150,7 +152,7 @@ async function run() {
 function exception(e: Error) {
   if (e) {
     error(`An unhandled exception occurred: ${e}`);
-    console.error(e);
+    console.debug(e); // Dump the stack trace to help with debugging
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/extension/tasks/dependabotV2/utils/azure-devops/AzureDevOpsWebApiClient.ts b/extension/tasks/dependabotV2/utils/azure-devops/AzureDevOpsWebApiClient.ts
index 7091661e..95e9e5d9 100644
--- a/extension/tasks/dependabotV2/utils/azure-devops/AzureDevOpsWebApiClient.ts
+++ b/extension/tasks/dependabotV2/utils/azure-devops/AzureDevOpsWebApiClient.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export class AzureDevOpsWebApiClient {
       return repo.defaultBranch;
     } catch (e) {
       error(`Failed to get default branch for '${project}/${repository}': ${e}`);
-      console.error(e);
+      console.debug(e); // Dump the error stack trace to help with debugging
       return undefined;
     }
   }
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export class AzureDevOpsWebApiClient {
       );
     } catch (e) {
       error(`Failed to list active pull request properties: ${e}`);
-      console.error(e);
+      console.debug(e); // Dump the error stack trace to help with debugging
       return [];
     }
   }
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ export class AzureDevOpsWebApiClient {
       return pullRequest.pullRequestId;
     } catch (e) {
       error(`Failed to create pull request: ${e}`);
-      console.error(e);
+      console.debug(e); // Dump the error stack trace to help with debugging
       return null;
     }
   }
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ export class AzureDevOpsWebApiClient {
       return true;
     } catch (e) {
       error(`Failed to update pull request: ${e}`);
-      console.error(e);
+      console.debug(e); // Dump the error stack trace to help with debugging
       return false;
     }
   }
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ export class AzureDevOpsWebApiClient {
       console.info(` - Pull request #${options.pullRequestId} was approved.`);
     } catch (e) {
       error(`Failed to approve pull request: ${e}`);
-      console.error(e);
+      console.debug(e); // Dump the error stack trace to help with debugging
       return false;
     }
   }
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ export class AzureDevOpsWebApiClient {
       return true;
     } catch (e) {
       error(`Failed to close pull request: ${e}`);
-      console.error(e);
+      console.debug(e); // Dump the error stack trace to help with debugging
       return false;
     }
   }
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ export class AzureDevOpsWebApiClient {
       return properties.map((p) => ({ [p.name]: p.value })).reduce((a, b) => ({ ...a, ...b }), {});
     } catch (e) {
       error(`Failed to get project properties: ${e}`);
-      console.error(e);
+      console.debug(e); // Dump the error stack trace to help with debugging
       return undefined;
     }
   }
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ export class AzureDevOpsWebApiClient {
       ]);
     } catch (e) {
       error(`Failed to update project property '${name}': ${e}`);
-      console.error(e);
+      console.debug(e); // Dump the error stack trace to help with debugging
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/extension/tasks/dependabotV2/utils/dependabot-cli/DependabotOutputProcessor.ts b/extension/tasks/dependabotV2/utils/dependabot-cli/DependabotOutputProcessor.ts
index d5571519..5ffb958d 100644
--- a/extension/tasks/dependabotV2/utils/dependabot-cli/DependabotOutputProcessor.ts
+++ b/extension/tasks/dependabotV2/utils/dependabot-cli/DependabotOutputProcessor.ts
@@ -224,13 +224,11 @@ export class DependabotOutputProcessor implements IDependabotUpdateOutputProcess
         break;
 
       case 'record_update_job_error':
-        error(`Update job error: ${data['error-type']}`);
-        console.log(data['error-details']);
+        error(`Update job error: ${data['error-type']} ${JSON.stringify(data['error-details'])}`);
         return false;
 
       case 'record_update_job_unknown_error':
-        error(`Update job unknown error: ${data['error-type']}`);
-        console.log(data['error-details']);
+        error(`Update job unknown error: ${data['error-type']}, ${JSON.stringify(data['error-details'])}`);
         return false;
 
       case 'increment_metric':