diff --git a/R/get_ref.R b/R/get_ref.R
index 8319aab1..2bc46d40 100644
--- a/R/get_ref.R
+++ b/R/get_ref.R
@@ -468,32 +468,37 @@ get_release_date.remote_ref <- function(remote_ref) {
 #' verdepcheck:::get_cran_data("dplyr")
 #' verdepcheck:::get_cran_data("SummarizedExperiment")
 get_cran_data <- function(package) {
-  cran_archive <- pkgcache::cran_archive_list(packages = package)[, c(
-    "package", "version", "mtime"
-  )]
-  cran_current <- pkgcache::meta_cache_list(packages = package)[, c(
-    "type", "package", "version", "published"
-  )]
-  if (all(is.na(cran_current$published))) {
-    # workaround of https://github.com/r-lib/pkgcache/issues/109
-    if (is.null(pkgenv$cache_db)) {
-      pkgenv$cache_db <- tools::CRAN_package_db()
-    }
-    db <- subset(pkgenv$cache_db, pkgenv$cache_db$Package == package)
-    cran_current <- data.frame(
-      type = "cran",
-      package = package,
-      version = db$Version,
-      published = as.POSIXct(db$`Date/Publication`)
-    )
-  }
+  cran_archive <- pkgcache::cran_archive_list(packages = package)[, c("package", "version", "mtime")]
+  cran_current <- head(
+    pkgcache::meta_cache_list(packages = package)[, c("type", "package", "version", "published")],
+    1
+  )
 
-  # Bioc custom logic as packages in Bioconductor do not return a published date
-  #  this will be immediately obsolete if {pkgcache} starts to return a non-NA value
-  #  note: a date is required for the `min_cohort` strategy
-  bioc_na_mtime_ix <- is.na(cran_current$published) & cran_current$type == "bioc"
-  if (NROW(cran_current[bioc_na_mtime_ix, ]) > 0) {
-    cran_current[bioc_na_mtime_ix, "published"] <- Sys.Date()
+  # handle missing dates
+  if (nrow(cran_current > 0)) {
+    if (is.na(cran_current$published)) {
+      if (cran_current$type == "cran") {
+        # in general, this should not happen for cran - https://github.com/r-lib/pkgcache/issues/109
+        # this is a temporary workaround
+        if (is.null(pkgenv$cache_db)) {
+          pkgenv$cache_db <- tools::CRAN_package_db()
+        }
+        db <- subset(pkgenv$cache_db, pkgenv$cache_db$Package == package)
+        cran_current <- data.frame(
+          type = "cran",
+          package = package,
+          version = db$Version[1],
+          published = as.POSIXct(db$`Date/Publication`[1])
+        )
+      } else if (cran_current$type == "bioc") {
+        cran_current <- data.frame(
+          type = "bioc",
+          package = package,
+          version = cran_current$version,
+          published = Sys.Date()
+        )
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   # Remove extra columns
diff --git a/R/utils.R b/R/utils.R
index 5593412b..89f44219 100644
--- a/R/utils.R
+++ b/R/utils.R
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ get_ppm_snapshot_by_date <- function(date) {
       # https://github.com/r-lib/pkgcache/issues/110
       # uncomment this: pkgcache::repo_resolve(sprintf("PPM@%s", as.character(as.Date(date) + 1)))
       snaps <- pkgcache::ppm_snapshots()
-      date_snap <- as.character(snaps[as.Date(snaps$date) > as.Date(date), "date"][1])
+      date_snap <- as.character(head(snaps[as.Date(snaps$date) > as.Date(date), "date"], 1))
       if (length(date_snap) == 0) {
         stop("No PPM snapshot found for the given date.")
       }
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-deps_installation_proposal.R b/tests/testthat/test-deps_installation_proposal.R
index d9263da1..8eb903bc 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-deps_installation_proposal.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-deps_installation_proposal.R
@@ -289,10 +289,7 @@ test_that("new_min_cohort_deps_installation_proposal correctly handles Bioc pack
 
   d_std_path <- local_description(list(SummarizedExperiment = "Import"))
 
-  expect_warning(
-    x <- new_min_cohort_deps_installation_proposal(d_std_path),
-    "Cannot find PPM snapshot"
-  )
+  x <- new_min_cohort_deps_installation_proposal(d_std_path)
 
   withr::defer(unlink(x$get_config()$library))
 
@@ -309,10 +306,7 @@ test_that("new_min_isolated_deps_installation_proposal correctly handles Bioc pa
 
   withr::defer(unlink(x$get_config()$library))
 
-  expect_warning(
-    test_proposal_common_bioc(x, "SummarizedExperiment"),
-    "Cannot find PPM snapshot"
-  )
+  test_proposal_common_bioc(x, "SummarizedExperiment")
 })
 
 test_that("new_release_deps_installation_proposal correctly handles Bioc package", {
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-get_ref.R b/tests/testthat/test-get_ref.R
index 6c5ac605..524da724 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-get_ref.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-get_ref.R
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ test_that("get_release_date.remote_ref_github will only retrieve 1 date for rlan
   expect_identical(as.Date(result), as.Date("2022-01-20T16:47:02Z"))
 })
 
-test_that("get_release_date.remote_ref_github will retrieve missing date (NA) for rlang@0.0.0", {
+test_that("get_release_date.remote_ref_github will retrieve missing date (NA) for r-lib/rlang@v0.0.0", {
   skip_if_offline()
   skip_if_empty_gh_token()
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ test_that("get_release_date.remote_ref_github will retrieve missing date (NA) fo
   expect_s3_class(result, "Date")
 })
 
-test_that("get_release_date.remote_ref_cran will retrieve missing date (NA) for rlang@0.0.0", {
+test_that("get_release_date.remote_ref_cran will retrieve missing date (NA) for package.does.not.exist@1.1.0", {
   skip_if_offline()
   skip_if_empty_gh_token()
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-utils.R b/tests/testthat/test-utils.R
index 1e30911d..6bf3a044 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-utils.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-utils.R
@@ -101,10 +101,7 @@ test_that("get_ppm_snapshot_by_date will accept NA", {
 test_that("get_ppm_snapshot_by_date will accept dates in the future", {
   skip_if_offline()
   auxiliary_fun <- function(days = 0) {
-    expect_warning(
-      expect_latest_ppm(get_ppm_snapshot_by_date(Sys.Date())),
-      "Cannot find PPM snapshot for date"
-    )
+    expect_latest_ppm(get_ppm_snapshot_by_date(Sys.Date()))
   }
 
   auxiliary_fun(0)