diff --git a/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/commands/release_management_commands.py b/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/commands/release_management_commands.py
index e49c33bfcbaf5..8b3e32fccb771 100644
--- a/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/commands/release_management_commands.py
+++ b/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/commands/release_management_commands.py
@@ -2091,6 +2091,13 @@ class ProviderPRInfo(NamedTuple):
                         int(issue_match.group(1)) for issue_match in ISSUE_MATCH_IN_BODY.finditer(body)
                     }
                     for linked_issue_number in linked_issue_numbers:
+                        try:
+                            _ = repo.get_issue(linked_issue_number)
+                        except UnknownObjectException:
+                            progress.console.print(
+                                f"Failed to retrieve linked issue #{linked_issue_number}: is not a issue,"
+                                f"likely a discussion is linked."
+                            )
                         progress.console.print(
                             f"Retrieving Linked issue PR#{linked_issue_number}: "
                             f"https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/{linked_issue_number}"