diff --git a/lib/config/validation.ts b/lib/config/validation.ts
index fde19e6814dffa..abecfb0fcd9418 100644
--- a/lib/config/validation.ts
+++ b/lib/config/validation.ts
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ export async function validateConfig(
                   }
                   // It's too late to apply any of these options once you already have updates determined
                   const preLookupOptions = [
+                    'allowedVersions',
                     'extractVersion',
                     'followTag',
                     'ignoreDeps',