diff --git a/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/registry/json.test.ts b/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/registry/json.test.ts
index 5441367f81..3c020ea592 100644
--- a/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/registry/json.test.ts
+++ b/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/registry/json.test.ts
@@ -354,38 +354,38 @@ describe('JsonSnapsRegistry', () => {
       expect(result).toBe('1.0.0');
     });
 
-    it('throws if snap is not on the allowlist', async () => {
+    it('returns version range if snap is not on the allowlist', async () => {
       fetchMock
         .mockResponseOnce(
           JSON.stringify({ verifiedSnaps: {}, blockedSnaps: [] }),
         )
         .mockResponseOnce(JSON.stringify(MOCK_EMPTY_SIGNATURE_FILE));
 
+      const range = '^1.0.0' as SemVerRange;
       const { messenger } = getRegistry();
-      await expect(
-        messenger.call(
+      expect(
+        await messenger.call(
           'SnapsRegistry:resolveVersion',
           MOCK_SNAP_ID,
-          '^1.0.0' as SemVerRange,
+          range,
         ),
-      ).rejects.toThrow('The snap is not on the allowlist');
+      ).toBe(range);
     });
 
-    it('throws if resolved version is not on the allowlist', async () => {
+    it('returns version range if resolved version is not on the allowlist', async () => {
       fetchMock
         .mockResponseOnce(JSON.stringify(MOCK_DATABASE))
         .mockResponseOnce(JSON.stringify(MOCK_SIGNATURE_FILE));
 
+      const range = '^1.2.0' as SemVerRange;
       const { messenger } = getRegistry();
-      await expect(
-        messenger.call(
+      expect(
+        await messenger.call(
           'SnapsRegistry:resolveVersion',
           MOCK_SNAP_ID,
-          '^1.2.0' as SemVerRange,
+          range,
         ),
-      ).rejects.toThrow(
-        'No matching versions of the snap are on the allowlist',
-      );
+      ).toBe(range);
     });
 
     it('refetches the database on allowlist miss if configured', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/registry/json.ts b/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/registry/json.ts
index 437d4b8eff..85b5206602 100644
--- a/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/registry/json.ts
+++ b/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/registry/json.ts
@@ -283,13 +283,12 @@ export class JsonSnapsRegistry extends BaseController<
   }
 
   /**
-   * Find an allowlisted version within a specified version range.
+   * Find an allowlisted version within a specified version range. Otherwise return the version range itself.
    *
    * @param snapId - The ID of the snap we are trying to resolve a version for.
    * @param versionRange - The version range.
    * @param refetch - An optional flag used to determine if we are refetching the registry.
-   * @returns An allowlisted version within the specified version range.
-   * @throws If an allowlisted version does not exist within the version range.
+   * @returns An allowlisted version within the specified version range if available otherwise returns the input version range.
    */
   async #resolveVersion(
     snapId: string,
@@ -304,7 +303,10 @@ export class JsonSnapsRegistry extends BaseController<
       return this.#resolveVersion(snapId, versionRange, true);
     }
 
-    assert(versions, 'The snap is not on the allowlist');
+    // If we cannot narrow down the version range we return the unaltered version range.
+    if (!versions) {
+      return versionRange;
+    }
 
     const targetVersion = getTargetVersion(
       Object.keys(versions) as SemVerVersion[],
@@ -316,10 +318,10 @@ export class JsonSnapsRegistry extends BaseController<
       return this.#resolveVersion(snapId, versionRange, true);
     }
 
-    assert(
-      targetVersion,
-      'No matching versions of the snap are on the allowlist',
-    );
+    // If we cannot narrow down the version range we return the unaltered version range.
+    if (!targetVersion) {
+      return versionRange;
+    }
 
     // A semver version is technically also a valid semver range.
     assertIsSemVerRange(targetVersion);