diff --git a/src/ahriman/application/application/application.py b/src/ahriman/application/application/application.py
index 797f1e8a..f6032a5c 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/application/application/application.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/application/application/application.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class Application(ApplicationPackages, ApplicationRepository):
 
         Args:
             packages(list[Package]): list of source packages of which dependencies have to be processed
-            process_dependencies(bool): if no set, dependencies will not be processed
+            process_dependencies(bool): if set to ``False``, dependencies will not be processed
 
         Returns:
             list[Package]: updated packages list. Packager for dependencies will be copied from the original package
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ class Application(ApplicationPackages, ApplicationRepository):
                 >>> packages = application.with_dependencies(packages, process_dependencies=True)
                 >>> application.print_updates(packages, log_fn=print)
         """
+        if not process_dependencies or not packages:
+            return packages
+
         def missing_dependencies(source: Iterable[Package]) -> dict[str, str | None]:
             # append list of known packages with packages which are in current sources
             satisfied_packages = known_packages | {
@@ -145,22 +148,29 @@ class Application(ApplicationPackages, ApplicationRepository):
                 if dependency not in satisfied_packages
             }
 
-        if not process_dependencies or not packages:
-            return packages
+        def new_packages(root: Package) -> dict[str, Package]:
+            portion = {root.base: root}
+            while missing := missing_dependencies(portion.values()):
+                for package_name, packager in missing.items():
+                    if (source_dir := self.repository.paths.cache_for(package_name)).is_dir():
+                        # there is local cache, load package from it
+                        leaf = Package.from_build(source_dir, self.repository.architecture, packager)
+                    else:
+                        leaf = Package.from_aur(package_name, packager)
+                    portion[leaf.base] = leaf
+
+                    # register package in the database
+                    self.repository.reporter.set_unknown(leaf)
+
+            return portion
 
         known_packages = self._known_packages()
-        with_dependencies = {package.base: package for package in packages}
-
-        while missing := missing_dependencies(with_dependencies.values()):
-            for package_name, username in missing.items():
-                if (source_dir := self.repository.paths.cache_for(package_name)).is_dir():
-                    # there is local cache, load package from it
-                    package = Package.from_build(source_dir, self.repository.architecture, username)
-                else:
-                    package = Package.from_aur(package_name, username)
-                with_dependencies[package.base] = package
-
-                # register package in the database
-                self.repository.reporter.set_unknown(package)
+        with_dependencies: dict[str, Package] = {}
+        for package in packages:
+            with self.in_package_context(package.base, package.version):  # use the same context for the logger
+                try:
+                    with_dependencies |= new_packages(package)
+                except Exception:
+                    self.logger.exception("could not process dependencies of %s, skip the package", package.base)
 
         return list(with_dependencies.values())
diff --git a/src/ahriman/application/handlers/handler.py b/src/ahriman/application/handlers/handler.py
index 7f63b493..b88012d2 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/application/handlers/handler.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/application/handlers/handler.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class Handler:
         Wrapper for all command line actions, though each derived class implements :func:`run()` method, it usually
         must not be called directly. The recommended way is to call :func:`execute()` class method, e.g.::
 
-            >>> from ahriman.application.handlers import Add
+            >>> from ahriman.application.handlers.add import Add
             >>>
             >>> Add.execute(args)
     """
diff --git a/tests/ahriman/application/application/test_application.py b/tests/ahriman/application/application/test_application.py
index a53750f7..ec15b97f 100644
--- a/tests/ahriman/application/application/test_application.py
+++ b/tests/ahriman/application/application/test_application.py
@@ -113,6 +113,40 @@ def test_with_dependencies(application: Application, package_ahriman: Package, p
     ], any_order=True)
 
 
+def test_with_dependencies_exception(application: Application, package_ahriman: Package,
+                                     package_python_schedule: Package, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
+    """
+    must skip packages if exception occurs
+    """
+    def create_package_mock(package_base) -> MagicMock:
+        mock = MagicMock()
+        mock.base = package_base
+        mock.depends_build = []
+        mock.packages_full = [package_base]
+        return mock
+
+    package_python_schedule.packages = {
+        package_python_schedule.base: package_python_schedule.packages[package_python_schedule.base]
+    }
+    package_ahriman.packages[package_ahriman.base].depends = ["devtools", "python", package_python_schedule.base]
+    package_ahriman.packages[package_ahriman.base].make_depends = ["python-build", "python-installer"]
+
+    packages = {
+        package_ahriman.base: package_ahriman,
+        package_python_schedule.base: package_python_schedule,
+        "python": create_package_mock("python"),
+        "python-installer": create_package_mock("python-installer"),
+    }
+
+    mocker.patch("pathlib.Path.is_dir", autospec=True, side_effect=lambda p: p.name == "python")
+    mocker.patch("ahriman.models.package.Package.from_aur", side_effect=lambda *args: packages[args[0]])
+    mocker.patch("ahriman.models.package.Package.from_build", side_effect=Exception)
+    mocker.patch("ahriman.application.application.Application._known_packages",
+                 return_value={"devtools", "python-build", "python-pytest"})
+
+    assert not application.with_dependencies([package_ahriman], process_dependencies=True)
+
+
 def test_with_dependencies_skip(application: Application, package_ahriman: Package, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
     """
     must skip processing of dependencies