diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7a6b17e..62b5d68 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2343,7 +2343,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pixi-pack"
-version = "0.2.1"
+version = "0.2.2"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-std",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4358e21..11ca1ef 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "pixi-pack"
 description = "A command line tool to pack and unpack conda environments for easy sharing"
-version = "0.2.1"
+version = "0.2.2"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [features]
diff --git a/examples/no-timestamp/pixi.lock b/examples/no-timestamp/pixi.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a793aad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/no-timestamp/pixi.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+version: 5
+environments:
+  default:
+    channels:
+    - url: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/
+    packages:
+      osx-64:
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/osx-64/mpi-1.0-openmpi.tar.bz2
+packages:
+- kind: conda
+  name: mpi
+  version: '1.0'
+  build: openmpi
+  subdir: osx-64
+  url: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/osx-64/mpi-1.0-openmpi.tar.bz2
+  sha256: 1326b28195e8808cebc18a593f84c5cbd606826a150dd7e0365f11b86238b5df
+  md5: 8c3bc725bf4d10fc6e56031f7543771f
+  arch: x86_64
+  platform: osx
+  license: BSD 3-clause
+  size: 4394
diff --git a/examples/no-timestamp/pixi.toml b/examples/no-timestamp/pixi.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85f016f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/no-timestamp/pixi.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[project]
+channels = ["conda-forge"]
+name = "no-timestamp"
+platforms = ["osx-64"]
+
+[dependencies]
+mpi = { version = "1.0", build = "openmpi" }
diff --git a/src/pack.rs b/src/pack.rs
index a2d9d01..00a2e9e 100644
--- a/src/pack.rs
+++ b/src/pack.rs
@@ -281,10 +281,15 @@ async fn download_package(
     let package_timestamp = package
         .package_record()
         .timestamp
-        .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("could not read package timestamp"))?;
+        .map_or({
+            tracing::error!("could not get timestamp of {:?}, using default", package.file_name());
+            std::time::SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH
+        }, |ts| {
+            ts.into()
+        });
     let file_times = FileTimes::new()
-        .set_modified(package_timestamp.into())
-        .set_accessed(package_timestamp.into());
+        .set_modified(package_timestamp)
+        .set_accessed(package_timestamp);
 
     // Make sure to write all data and metadata to disk before modifying timestamp.
     dest.sync_all().await?;
diff --git a/tests/integration_test.rs b/tests/integration_test.rs
index efd4b8c..d77ec31 100644
--- a/tests/integration_test.rs
+++ b/tests/integration_test.rs
@@ -338,6 +338,17 @@ async fn test_non_authenticated(
         .contains("failed to download"));
 }
 
+#[rstest]
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_no_timestamp(
+    #[with(PathBuf::from("examples/no-timestamp/pixi.toml"))] options: Options,
+) {
+    let mut pack_options = options.pack_options;
+    pack_options.platform = Platform::Osx64;
+    let pack_result = pixi_pack::pack(pack_options).await;
+    assert!(pack_result.is_ok());
+}
+
 #[rstest]
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn test_custom_env_name(options: Options) {