diff --git a/silent/lib/dependabot/silent/file_parser.rb b/silent/lib/dependabot/silent/file_parser.rb
index a88a17c8891..a7c4f7203dc 100644
--- a/silent/lib/dependabot/silent/file_parser.rb
+++ b/silent/lib/dependabot/silent/file_parser.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 require "dependabot/dependency"
 require "dependabot/file_parsers"
 require "dependabot/file_parsers/base"
+require "dependabot/package_manager"
+require "dependabot/silent/package_manager"
 require "sorbet-runtime"
 
 module SilentPackageManager
@@ -26,6 +28,19 @@ def parse
       raise Dependabot::DependencyFileNotParseable, T.must(dependency_files.first).path
     end
 
+    sig { returns(Dependabot::PackageManagerBase) }
+    def package_manager
+      meta_data = JSON.parse(manifest_content)["silent"]
+      silent_version = if meta_data.nil?
+                         "2"
+                       else
+                         meta_data["version"]
+                       end
+      Dependabot::Silent::PackageManager.new(silent_version)
+    rescue JSON::ParserError
+      raise Dependabot::DependencyFileNotParseable, T.must(dependency_files.first).path
+    end
+
     private
 
     sig { params(name: String, info: String).returns(Dependabot::Dependency) }
diff --git a/silent/lib/dependabot/silent/package_manager.rb b/silent/lib/dependabot/silent/package_manager.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7f8d54f10f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/silent/lib/dependabot/silent/package_manager.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# typed: strong
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "sorbet-runtime"
+require "dependabot/silent/version"
+require "dependabot/package_manager"
+
+module Dependabot
+  module Silent
+    PACKAGE_MANAGER = "silent"
+
+    SUPPORTED_SILENT_VERSIONS = T.let([Version.new("2")].freeze, T::Array[Dependabot::Version])
+    DEPRECATED_SILENT_VERSIONS = T.let([Version.new("1")].freeze, T::Array[Dependabot::Version])
+
+    class PackageManager < PackageManagerBase
+      extend T::Sig
+
+      sig { params(version: T.any(String, Dependabot::Version)).void }
+      def initialize(version)
+        @version = T.let(Version.new(version), Dependabot::Version)
+        @name = T.let(PACKAGE_MANAGER, String)
+        @deprecated_versions = T.let(DEPRECATED_SILENT_VERSIONS, T::Array[Dependabot::Version])
+        @supported_versions = T.let(SUPPORTED_SILENT_VERSIONS, T::Array[Dependabot::Version])
+      end
+
+      sig { override.returns(String) }
+      attr_reader :name
+
+      sig { override.returns(Dependabot::Version) }
+      attr_reader :version
+
+      sig { override.returns(T::Array[Dependabot::Version]) }
+      attr_reader :deprecated_versions
+
+      sig { override.returns(T::Array[Dependabot::Version]) }
+      attr_reader :supported_versions
+
+      sig { override.returns(T::Boolean) }
+      def unsupported?
+        # Check if the version is not supported
+        supported_versions.all? { |supported| supported > version }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/silent/tests/testdata/vu-unsupported.txt b/silent/tests/testdata/vu-unsupported.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..179c662950b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/silent/tests/testdata/vu-unsupported.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+! dependabot update -f input.yml --local . --updater-image ghcr.io/dependabot/dependabot-updater-silent
+! stderr 'created \| dependency-a \( from 1.2.3 to 1.2.5 \)'
+! pr-created expected.json
+stderr 'Currently, the following silent versions are supported in Dependabot: v2\.*\.'
+stdout {"data":{"error-type":"tool_version_not_supported","error-details":{"detected-version":"1","supported-versions":"v2.*","tool-name":"silent"}},"type":"record_update_job_error"}
+
+
+-- manifest.json --
+{
+  "silent": { "version": "1" },
+  "dependency-a": { "version": "1.2.3" }
+}
+
+-- input.yml --
+job:
+  package-manager: "silent"
+  source:
+    directory: "/"
+    provider: example
+    hostname: example.com
+    api-endpoint: https://example.com/api/v3
+    repo: dependabot/smoke-tests
diff --git a/updater/lib/dependabot/dependency_snapshot.rb b/updater/lib/dependabot/dependency_snapshot.rb
index b9c2c8530b0..02b03c4ef46 100644
--- a/updater/lib/dependabot/dependency_snapshot.rb
+++ b/updater/lib/dependabot/dependency_snapshot.rb
@@ -241,8 +241,10 @@ def dependency_file_parser
         reject_external_code: job.reject_external_code?,
         options: job.experiments
       )
-      # Add 'package_manager' to the depedency_snapshopt to use it in operations'
+      # Add 'package_manager' to the dependency_snapshot to use it in operations
       package_manager = parser.package_manager
+      # Raise an error if the package manager version is unsupported
+      package_manager&.raise_if_unsupported!
 
       @package_manager[@current_directory] = package_manager
 
diff --git a/updater/lib/dependabot/update_files_command.rb b/updater/lib/dependabot/update_files_command.rb
index b3cb91d74b9..d04b4abc8d8 100644
--- a/updater/lib/dependabot/update_files_command.rb
+++ b/updater/lib/dependabot/update_files_command.rb
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def base_commit_sha
       Environment.job_definition["base_commit_sha"]
     end
 
-    # rubocop:disable Metrics/AbcSize, Layout/LineLength
+    # rubocop:disable Metrics/AbcSize, Layout/LineLength, Metrics/MethodLength
     def handle_parser_error(error)
       # This happens if the repo gets removed after a job gets kicked off.
       # The service will handle the removal without any prompt from the updater,
@@ -80,6 +80,16 @@ def handle_parser_error(error)
         # Check if the error is a known "run halting" state we should handle
         if (error_type = Updater::ErrorHandler::RUN_HALTING_ERRORS[error.class])
           { "error-type": error_type }
+        elsif error.is_a?(ToolVersionNotSupported)
+          Dependabot.logger.error(error.message)
+          {
+            "error-type": "tool_version_not_supported",
+            "error-detail": {
+              "tool-name": error.tool_name,
+              "detected-version": error.detected_version,
+              "supported-versions": error.supported_versions
+            }
+          }
         else
           # If it isn't, then log all the details and let the application error
           # tracker know about it
@@ -118,6 +128,6 @@ def handle_parser_error(error)
         error_details: error_details[:"error-detail"]
       )
     end
-    # rubocop:enable Metrics/AbcSize, Layout/LineLength
+    # rubocop:enable Metrics/AbcSize, Layout/LineLength, Metrics/MethodLength
   end
 end
diff --git a/updater/lib/dependabot/updater/group_update_creation.rb b/updater/lib/dependabot/updater/group_update_creation.rb
index 9494698c4cc..abf23f6492f 100644
--- a/updater/lib/dependabot/updater/group_update_creation.rb
+++ b/updater/lib/dependabot/updater/group_update_creation.rb
@@ -241,9 +241,6 @@ def compile_updates_for(dependency, dependency_files, group) # rubocop:disable M
           return []
         end
 
-        # Raise an error if the package manager version is unsupported
-        dependency_snapshot.package_manager&.raise_if_unsupported!
-
         checker.updated_dependencies(
           requirements_to_unlock: requirements_to_unlock
         )
diff --git a/updater/lib/dependabot/updater/operations/create_security_update_pull_request.rb b/updater/lib/dependabot/updater/operations/create_security_update_pull_request.rb
index d10754aa7c2..156a48f3b36 100644
--- a/updater/lib/dependabot/updater/operations/create_security_update_pull_request.rb
+++ b/updater/lib/dependabot/updater/operations/create_security_update_pull_request.rb
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ def check_and_create_pr_with_error_handling(dependency)
         # rubocop:disable Metrics/AbcSize
         # rubocop:disable Metrics/PerceivedComplexity
         # rubocop:disable Metrics/MethodLength
-        # rubocop:disable Metrics/CyclomaticComplexity
         sig { params(dependency: Dependabot::Dependency).void }
         def check_and_create_pull_request(dependency)
           dependency = vulnerable_version(dependency) if dependency.metadata[:all_versions]
@@ -146,9 +145,6 @@ def check_and_create_pull_request(dependency)
           log_requirements_for_update(requirements_to_unlock, checker)
           return record_security_update_not_possible_error(checker) if requirements_to_unlock == :update_not_possible
 
-          # Raise an error if the package manager version is unsupported
-          dependency_snapshot.package_manager&.raise_if_unsupported!
-
           updated_deps = checker.updated_dependencies(
             requirements_to_unlock: requirements_to_unlock
           )
@@ -202,7 +198,6 @@ def check_and_create_pull_request(dependency)
         # rubocop:enable Metrics/MethodLength
         # rubocop:enable Metrics/AbcSize
         # rubocop:enable Metrics/PerceivedComplexity
-        # rubocop:enable Metrics/CyclomaticComplexity
         sig { params(dependency: Dependabot::Dependency).returns(Dependabot::Dependency) }
         def vulnerable_version(dependency)
           return dependency if dependency.metadata[:all_versions].count == 1
diff --git a/updater/lib/dependabot/updater/operations/refresh_security_update_pull_request.rb b/updater/lib/dependabot/updater/operations/refresh_security_update_pull_request.rb
index 6202dc7a358..a70b466217c 100644
--- a/updater/lib/dependabot/updater/operations/refresh_security_update_pull_request.rb
+++ b/updater/lib/dependabot/updater/operations/refresh_security_update_pull_request.rb
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@ def perform
           Dependabot.logger.info("Starting update job for #{job.source.repo}")
           Dependabot.logger.info("Checking and updating security pull requests...")
 
-          # Raise an error if the package manager version is unsupported
-          dependency_snapshot.package_manager&.raise_if_unsupported!
-
           # Retrieve the list of initial notices from dependency snapshot
           @notices = dependency_snapshot.notices
           # More notices can be added during the update process
diff --git a/updater/lib/dependabot/updater/operations/refresh_version_update_pull_request.rb b/updater/lib/dependabot/updater/operations/refresh_version_update_pull_request.rb
index 4919c758986..aafa2b2e13f 100644
--- a/updater/lib/dependabot/updater/operations/refresh_version_update_pull_request.rb
+++ b/updater/lib/dependabot/updater/operations/refresh_version_update_pull_request.rb
@@ -138,9 +138,6 @@ def check_and_update_pull_request(dependencies)
             return close_pull_request(reason: :update_no_longer_possible)
           end
 
-          # Raise an error if the package manager version is unsupported
-          dependency_snapshot.package_manager&.raise_if_unsupported!
-
           updated_deps = checker.updated_dependencies(
             requirements_to_unlock: requirements_to_unlock
           )
diff --git a/updater/lib/dependabot/updater/operations/update_all_versions.rb b/updater/lib/dependabot/updater/operations/update_all_versions.rb
index 40e63264e62..bdcc9a20c4b 100644
--- a/updater/lib/dependabot/updater/operations/update_all_versions.rb
+++ b/updater/lib/dependabot/updater/operations/update_all_versions.rb
@@ -172,9 +172,6 @@ def check_and_create_pull_request(dependency)
             notices: @notices
           )
 
-          # Raise an error if the package manager version is unsupported
-          dependency_snapshot.package_manager&.raise_if_unsupported!
-
           if dependency_change.updated_dependency_files.empty?
             raise "UpdateChecker found viable dependencies to be updated, but FileUpdater failed to update any files"
           end
diff --git a/updater/spec/dependabot/dependency_snapshot_spec.rb b/updater/spec/dependabot/dependency_snapshot_spec.rb
index 2830dfe8fc4..fc63e23a94c 100644
--- a/updater/spec/dependabot/dependency_snapshot_spec.rb
+++ b/updater/spec/dependabot/dependency_snapshot_spec.rb
@@ -68,6 +68,21 @@
     ]
   end
 
+  let(:dependency_files_for_unsupported) do
+    [
+      Dependabot::DependencyFile.new(
+        name: "Gemfile",
+        content: fixture("bundler/unsupported/Gemfile"),
+        directory: directory
+      ),
+      Dependabot::DependencyFile.new(
+        name: "Gemfile.lock",
+        content: fixture("bundler/unsupported/Gemfile.lock"),
+        directory: directory
+      )
+    ]
+  end
+
   let(:dependency_groups) do
     [
       {
@@ -84,6 +99,21 @@
     "mock-sha"
   end
 
+  let(:unsupported_error_enabled) { false }
+
+  before do
+    allow(Dependabot::Experiments).to receive(:enabled?)
+      .with(:bundler_v1_unsupported_error)
+      .and_return(unsupported_error_enabled)
+    allow(Dependabot::Experiments).to receive(:enabled?)
+      .with(:add_deprecation_warn_to_pr_message)
+      .and_return(true)
+  end
+
+  after do
+    Dependabot::Experiments.reset!
+  end
+
   describe "::add_handled_dependencies" do
     subject(:create_dependency_snapshot) do
       described_class.create_from_job_definition(
@@ -92,6 +122,8 @@
       )
     end
 
+    let(:unsupported_error_enabled) { false }
+
     let(:job_definition) do
       {
         "base_commit_sha" => base_commit_sha,
@@ -148,6 +180,23 @@
       )
     end
 
+    context "when the package manager version is unsupported" do
+      let(:unsupported_error_enabled) { true }
+
+      let(:job_definition) do
+        {
+          "base_commit_sha" => base_commit_sha,
+          "base64_dependency_files" => encode_dependency_files(dependency_files_for_unsupported)
+        }
+      end
+
+      it "raises ToolVersionNotSupported error" do
+        expect do
+          create_dependency_snapshot
+        end.to raise_error(Dependabot::ToolVersionNotSupported)
+      end
+    end
+
     context "when the job definition includes valid information prepared by the file fetcher step" do
       let(:job_definition) do
         {
diff --git a/updater/spec/dependabot/update_files_command_spec.rb b/updater/spec/dependabot/update_files_command_spec.rb
index 20a31a06147..db17767e0f6 100644
--- a/updater/spec/dependabot/update_files_command_spec.rb
+++ b/updater/spec/dependabot/update_files_command_spec.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 require "spec_helper"
 require "dependabot/update_files_command"
+require "dependabot/bundler"
 require "tmpdir"
 
 RSpec.describe Dependabot::UpdateFilesCommand do
@@ -112,6 +113,32 @@
       end
     end
 
+    context "when there is an unsupported package manager version" do
+      let(:error) do
+        Dependabot::ToolVersionNotSupported.new(
+          "bundler",       # tool name
+          "1.0.0",         # detected version
+          ">= 2.0.0"       # supported versions
+        )
+      end
+
+      it_behaves_like "a fast-failed job"
+
+      it "records the unsupported version error with details" do
+        expect(service).to receive(:record_update_job_error).with(
+          error_type: "tool_version_not_supported",
+          error_details: {
+            "tool-name": "bundler",
+            "detected-version": "1.0.0",
+            "supported-versions": ">= 2.0.0"
+          }
+        )
+        expect(service).to receive(:mark_job_as_processed)
+
+        perform_job
+      end
+    end
+
     context "with an update files error (cloud)" do
       let(:error) { StandardError.new("hell") }
 
diff --git a/updater/spec/dependabot/updater/operations/create_security_update_pull_request_spec.rb b/updater/spec/dependabot/updater/operations/create_security_update_pull_request_spec.rb
index cadfb1b3f4d..e11778a9e63 100644
--- a/updater/spec/dependabot/updater/operations/create_security_update_pull_request_spec.rb
+++ b/updater/spec/dependabot/updater/operations/create_security_update_pull_request_spec.rb
@@ -305,29 +305,6 @@
         perform
       end
     end
-
-    context "when package manager version is unsupported" do
-      let(:package_manager_version) { "1" }
-      let(:supported_versions) { %w(2 3) }
-
-      before do
-        # Enable the feature flag for unsupported version
-        allow(Dependabot::Experiments).to receive(:enabled?)
-          .with(:bundler_v1_unsupported_error)
-          .and_return(true)
-
-        # Ensure unsupported? method returns true so the error is triggered
-        allow(package_manager).to receive(:unsupported?).and_return(true)
-      end
-
-      it "logs the ToolVersionNotSupported error to the error handler" do
-        # Ensure the error handler receives the expected error
-        expect(mock_error_handler).to receive(:handle_dependency_error)
-          .with(hash_including(error: instance_of(Dependabot::ToolVersionNotSupported)))
-
-        perform
-      end
-    end
   end
 
   describe "#check_and_create_pull_request" do
diff --git a/updater/spec/fixtures/bundler/unsupported/Gemfile b/updater/spec/fixtures/bundler/unsupported/Gemfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..419f7bed834
--- /dev/null
+++ b/updater/spec/fixtures/bundler/unsupported/Gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+source "https://rubygems.org"
+
+gem "bundler", "~> 1.15.0"
+
+gem "business", "~> 1.4.0"
+gem "statesman", "~> 1.2.0"
diff --git a/updater/spec/fixtures/bundler/unsupported/Gemfile.lock b/updater/spec/fixtures/bundler/unsupported/Gemfile.lock
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7e5129246ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/updater/spec/fixtures/bundler/unsupported/Gemfile.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+GEM
+  remote: https://rubygems.org/
+  specs:
+    business (1.4.0)
+    statesman (1.2.1)
+
+PLATFORMS
+  ruby
+
+DEPENDENCIES
+  bundler (~> 1.15.0)
+  business (~> 1.4.0)
+  statesman (~> 1.2.0)
+
+BUNDLED WITH
+   1.15.4