diff --git a/lib/setup.js b/lib/setup.js
index 8b7dcd9..1fb839e 100644
--- a/lib/setup.js
+++ b/lib/setup.js
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ async function installUsingNativeInstaller(inputVersion) {
     const latestVersion = await getLatestReleaseTag("aws/aws-sam-cli");
     // Must be full semantic version; downloads version directly from GitHub
     if (latestVersion && !isSemver(latestVersion)) {
-      core.setFailed("Latest version found must be in the format x.y.z");
+      core.info("Fetched version is not in the format x.y.z. Use latest version without caching.");
       return "";
     }
     version = latestVersion;