diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-lib.sh b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-lib.sh
index 0f6ee53..b25c4cd 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-lib.sh
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-lib.sh
@@ -705,6 +705,9 @@ check_referenced_secrets() {
   local missing=()
   refs=""
   for m in ${K8S_MANIFESTS[@]+"${K8S_MANIFESTS[@]}"}; do
+    if skip_uninstalled_vmagent_crd "$m"; then
+      continue
+    fi
     objects="$(kubectl create --dry-run=client --validate=false -f "$m" -o json)" || return 1
     extracted="$(printf '%s' "$objects" | jq -r -f "$REPO/.gitea/workflows/secret-references.jq")" || return 1
     refs+="$extracted"$'\n'