diff --git a/utils/arg_parser.py b/utils/arg_parser.py
index 1de43b30..41e2afac 100644
--- a/utils/arg_parser.py
+++ b/utils/arg_parser.py
@@ -288,7 +288,9 @@ def add_dist_args(cls, parser: argparse.ArgumentParser):
 
 
 def fail_if_product_version_not_supported(product_version: str, parser: DockerCIArgumentParser):
-    if product_version < "2022.1":
+    if product_version is None:
+        parser.error("Product version is not specified.")
+    elif product_version < "2022.1":
         parser.error(
             f"This version of the DockerHub CI framework does not support OpenVINO releases earlier than "
             '2022.1.0. Current detected product version "{product_version}". Please use previous versions '