diff --git a/src/WingetCreateCLI/Commands/BaseCommand.cs b/src/WingetCreateCLI/Commands/BaseCommand.cs
index 6e3ae3cc..3792eeff 100644
--- a/src/WingetCreateCLI/Commands/BaseCommand.cs
+++ b/src/WingetCreateCLI/Commands/BaseCommand.cs
@@ -487,29 +487,31 @@ protected async Task<bool> GitHubSubmitManifests(Manifests manifests)
 
                 Logger.InfoLocalized(nameof(Resources.PullRequestURI_Message), pullRequest.HtmlUrl);
                 Console.WriteLine();
-            }
-            catch (AggregateException ae)
-            {
-                ae.Handle((e) =>
-                {
-                    TelemetryManager.Log.WriteEvent(new PullRequestEvent
-                    {
-                        IsSuccessful = false,
-                        ErrorMessage = e.Message,
-                        ExceptionType = e.GetType().ToString(),
-                        StackTrace = e.StackTrace,
-                    });
-
-                    if (e is Octokit.ForbiddenException)
-                    {
-                        Logger.ErrorLocalized(nameof(Resources.Error_Prefix), e.Message);
-                        return true;
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        return false;
-                    }
-                });
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                TelemetryManager.Log.WriteEvent(new PullRequestEvent
+                {
+                    IsSuccessful = false,
+                    ErrorMessage = e.Message,
+                    ExceptionType = e.GetType().ToString(),
+                    StackTrace = e.StackTrace,
+                });
+
+                if (e is Octokit.ForbiddenException)
+                {
+                    Logger.ErrorLocalized(nameof(Resources.Error_Prefix), e.Message);
+                    return true;
+                }
+                else if (e is NonFastForwardException nonFastForwardException)
+                {
+                    Logger.ErrorLocalized(nameof(Resources.FastForwardUpdateFailed_Message), nonFastForwardException.CommitsAheadBy);
+                    return true;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
             }
 
             return true;
diff --git a/src/WingetCreateCLI/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs b/src/WingetCreateCLI/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
index e6da16d4..4515bacf 100644
--- a/src/WingetCreateCLI/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
+++ b/src/WingetCreateCLI/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Properties {
     // class via a tool like ResGen or Visual Studio.
     // To add or remove a member, edit your .ResX file then rerun ResGen
     // with the /str option, or rebuild your VS project.
-    [global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.Resources.Tools.StronglyTypedResourceBuilder", "16.0.0.0")]
+    [global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.Resources.Tools.StronglyTypedResourceBuilder", "17.0.0.0")]
     [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
     [global::System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute()]
     public class Resources {
@@ -708,6 +708,15 @@ public static string ExternalDependencies_KeywordDescription {
             }
         }
         
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Failed to update fork because the default branch is ahead by {0} commit(s). .
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string FastForwardUpdateFailed_Message {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("FastForwardUpdateFailed_Message", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
         /// <summary>
         ///   Looks up a localized string similar to [{0}] value is.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/WingetCreateCLI/Properties/Resources.resx b/src/WingetCreateCLI/Properties/Resources.resx
index d5fe8558..00b8aafb 100644
--- a/src/WingetCreateCLI/Properties/Resources.resx
+++ b/src/WingetCreateCLI/Properties/Resources.resx
@@ -890,4 +890,8 @@
   <data name="UpgradeCode_KeywordDescription" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>UpgradeCode used for correlation of packages across sources</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="FastForwardUpdateFailed_Message" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Failed to update fork because the default branch is ahead by {0} commit(s). </value>
+    <comment>{0} - represents the number of commits the default branch is ahead by</comment>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/WingetCreateCore/Common/Exceptions/NonFastForwardException.cs b/src/WingetCreateCore/Common/Exceptions/NonFastForwardException.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..75e8bebf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/WingetCreateCore/Common/Exceptions/NonFastForwardException.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license.
+
+namespace Microsoft.WingetCreateCore.Common.Exceptions
+{
+    using System;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The exception that is thrown when attemping a non-fast forward update to a GitHub repository branch.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class NonFastForwardException : Exception
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="NonFastForwardException"/> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="commitsAheadBy">The number of commits the branch is ahead by.</param>
+        public NonFastForwardException(int commitsAheadBy)
+        {
+            this.CommitsAheadBy = commitsAheadBy;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the number of commits the branch is ahead by.
+        /// </summary>
+        public int CommitsAheadBy { get; private set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/WingetCreateCore/Common/GitHub.cs b/src/WingetCreateCore/Common/GitHub.cs
index 2bd66225..5cadb25c 100644
--- a/src/WingetCreateCore/Common/GitHub.cs
+++ b/src/WingetCreateCore/Common/GitHub.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.WingetCreateCore.Common
     using System.Security.Cryptography;
     using System.Threading.Tasks;
     using Jose;
+    using Microsoft.WingetCreateCore.Common.Exceptions;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCore.Models;
     using Octokit;
     using Polly;
@@ -277,8 +278,8 @@ private async Task<string> FindPackageIdRecursive(string[] packageId, string pat
         private async Task<PullRequest> SubmitPRAsync(string packageId, string version, Dictionary<string, string> contents, bool submitToFork)
         {
             bool createdRepo = false;
-
             Repository repo;
+
             if (submitToFork)
             {
                 try
@@ -306,12 +307,22 @@ private async Task<PullRequest> SubmitPRAsync(string packageId, string version,
             var upstreamMasterSha = upstreamMaster.Object.Sha;
 
             Reference newBranch = null;
+
             try
             {
                 var retryPolicy = Policy.Handle<ApiException>().WaitAndRetryAsync(3, i => TimeSpan.FromSeconds(i));
                 await retryPolicy.ExecuteAsync(async () =>
                 {
-                    await this.github.Git.Reference.Create(repo.Id, new NewReference($"refs/{newBranchNameHeads}", upstreamMasterSha));
+                    try
+                    {
+                        await this.github.Git.Reference.Create(repo.Id, new NewReference($"refs/{newBranchNameHeads}", upstreamMasterSha));
+                    }
+                    catch (Octokit.NotFoundException)
+                    {
+                        // Creating a reference can sometimes fail with a NotFoundException if the fork is not up to date with the upstream repository.
+                        await this.UpdateForkedRepoWithUpstreamCommits(repo);
+                        throw;
+                    }
                 });
 
                 // Update from upstream branch master
@@ -366,6 +377,30 @@ await retryPolicy.ExecuteAsync(async () =>
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Checks if the provided forked repository is behind on upstream commits and updates the default branch with the fetched commits. Update can only be a fast-forward update.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="forkedRepo"><see cref="Repository"/>Forked repository to be updated.</param>
+        /// <returns>A <see cref="Task"/> representing the asynchronous operation.</returns>
+        private async Task UpdateForkedRepoWithUpstreamCommits(Repository forkedRepo)
+        {
+            var upstream = forkedRepo.Parent;
+            var compareResult = await this.github.Repository.Commit.Compare(upstream.Id, upstream.DefaultBranch, $"{forkedRepo.Owner.Login}:{forkedRepo.DefaultBranch}");
+
+            // Check to ensure that the update is only a fast-forward update.
+            if (compareResult.BehindBy > 0)
+            {
+                int commitsAheadBy = compareResult.AheadBy;
+                if (commitsAheadBy > 0)
+                {
+                    throw new NonFastForwardException(commitsAheadBy);
+                }
+
+                var upstreamBranchReference = await this.github.Git.Reference.Get(upstream.Id, $"heads/{upstream.DefaultBranch}");
+                await this.github.Git.Reference.Update(forkedRepo.Id, $"heads/{forkedRepo.DefaultBranch}", new ReferenceUpdate(upstreamBranchReference.Object.Sha));
+            }
+        }
+
         private async Task DeletePullRequestBranch(int pullRequestId)
         {
             // Delete branch if it's not on a forked repo.