diff --git a/R/resolve.R b/R/resolve.R
index 23bc0a0..698f315 100644
--- a/R/resolve.R
+++ b/R/resolve.R
@@ -85,15 +85,15 @@
     bioc_version <- .query_biocver(snapshot_date)
     search_res <- .memo_search_bioc(bioc_version$version)
     search_res$pubdate <- anytime::anytime(bioc_version$date, tz = "UTC", asUTC = TRUE)
-
     latest_version <- search_res[search_res$Package==handle,]
-
     if (nrow(latest_version) == 0) {
         stop("No snapshot version exists for ", handle, ".",  call. = FALSE)
     }
     pkg_dep_df <- .parse_desc(descr_df = latest_version,snapshot_date = snapshot_date)
     pkg_dep_df$x_bioc_ver <- bioc_version$version
-    pkg_dep_df <- pkg_dep_df[!is.na(pkg_dep_df$y),]
+    if ("y" %in% colnames(pkg_dep_df)) {
+        pkg_dep_df <- pkg_dep_df[!is.na(pkg_dep_df$y),]
+    }
     pkg_dep_df$x_pubdate <- bioc_version$date
     pkg_dep_df$x_pkgref <- .normalize_pkgs(handle,bioc_version = bioc_version$version)
     if("y"%in% names(pkg_dep_df)) {
@@ -136,22 +136,21 @@
     type <- lapply(seq_along(raw_deps), function(x) rep(types[x], length(raw_deps[[x]])))
     version <- vapply(unlist(raw_deps), .extract_version, character(1), USE.NAMES = FALSE)
     deps <- gsub("\\s*\\(.*\\)","",unlist(raw_deps))
-    if(length(deps) != 0) {
-        return(data.frame(
-            snapshot_date = snapshot_date,
-            x = descr_df[["Package"]],
-            x_version = descr_df[["Version"]],
-            y = deps,
-            type = unlist(type),
-            y_raw_version = unlist(version)
-        ))
-    } else {
+    if (length(deps) == 0 || all(is.na(deps))) {
         return(data.frame(
             snapshot_date = as.Date(snapshot_date),
             x = descr_df[["Package"]],
             x_version = descr_df[["Version"]]
         ))
     }
+    data.frame(
+        snapshot_date = snapshot_date,
+        x = descr_df[["Package"]],
+        x_version = descr_df[["Version"]],
+        y = deps,
+        type = unlist(type),
+        y_raw_version = unlist(version)
+    )
 }
 
 # extract the required version, if present from description
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_resolve.R b/tests/testthat/test_resolve.R
index 0043c20..b004f3f 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test_resolve.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test_resolve.R
@@ -194,3 +194,12 @@ test_that("issue 69, complete bioc information", {
     expect_equal(.normalize_pkg("affydata", "3.3"), "bioc::affydata")
     expect_equal(length(resolve("bioc::affydata", snapshot_date = "2016-06-15")$ranglets), 1)
 })
+
+test_that("issue #82", {
+    skip_if_offline()
+    skip_on_cran()
+    expect_error(x <- .query_snapshot_dependencies_bioc("zlibbioc", "2023-01-01"), NA)
+    expect_false("y" %in% colnames(x))
+    expect_error(x <- .query_snapshot_dependencies_bioc("Organism.dplyr", "2023-01-01"), NA)
+    expect_true("y" %in% colnames(x))
+})