diff --git a/cli/npm/managed/resolvers/local.rs b/cli/npm/managed/resolvers/local.rs
index 7687e23f88..adfd04b9e4 100644
--- a/cli/npm/managed/resolvers/local.rs
+++ b/cli/npm/managed/resolvers/local.rs
@@ -612,12 +612,21 @@ async fn sync_resolution_with_fs(
   // 4. Create symlinks for package json dependencies
   {
     for remote in pkg_json_deps_provider.remote_pkgs() {
-      let Some(remote_id) = snapshot
+      let remote_pkg = if let Ok(remote_pkg) =
+        snapshot.resolve_pkg_from_pkg_req(&remote.req)
+      {
+        remote_pkg
+      } else if remote.req.version_req.tag().is_some() {
+        // couldn't find a match, and `resolve_best_package_id`
+        // panics if you give it a tag
+        continue;
+      } else if let Some(remote_id) = snapshot
         .resolve_best_package_id(&remote.req.name, &remote.req.version_req)
-      else {
+      {
+        snapshot.package_from_id(&remote_id).unwrap()
+      } else {
         continue; // skip, package not found
       };
-      let remote_pkg = snapshot.package_from_id(&remote_id).unwrap();
       let alias_clashes = remote.req.name != remote.alias
         && newest_packages_by_name.contains_key(&remote.alias);
       let install_in_child = {
diff --git a/tests/specs/install/future_install_node_modules_tag/__test__.jsonc b/tests/specs/install/future_install_node_modules_tag/__test__.jsonc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..31c53749a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/specs/install/future_install_node_modules_tag/__test__.jsonc
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "tempDir": true,
+  "steps": [
+    {
+      "envs": {
+        "DENO_FUTURE": "1"
+      },
+      "args": "install",
+      "output": "install.out"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/tests/specs/install/future_install_node_modules_tag/install.out b/tests/specs/install/future_install_node_modules_tag/install.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f48a9d8587
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/specs/install/future_install_node_modules_tag/install.out
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+[UNORDERED_START]
+Download http://localhost:4260/ajv
+Download http://localhost:4260/fast-deep-equal
+Download http://localhost:4260/json-schema-traverse
+Download http://localhost:4260/require-from-string
+Download http://localhost:4260/uri-js
+Download http://localhost:4260/punycode
+Download http://localhost:4260/ajv/ajv-8.11.0.tgz
+Download http://localhost:4260/json-schema-traverse/json-schema-traverse-1.0.0.tgz
+Download http://localhost:4260/fast-deep-equal/fast-deep-equal-3.1.3.tgz
+Download http://localhost:4260/require-from-string/require-from-string-2.0.2.tgz
+Download http://localhost:4260/uri-js/uri-js-4.4.1.tgz
+Download http://localhost:4260/punycode/punycode-2.1.1.tgz
+Initialize require-from-string@2.0.2
+Initialize punycode@2.1.1
+Initialize fast-deep-equal@3.1.3
+Initialize json-schema-traverse@1.0.0
+Initialize uri-js@4.4.1
+Initialize ajv@8.11.0
+[UNORDERED_END]
diff --git a/tests/specs/install/future_install_node_modules_tag/package.json b/tests/specs/install/future_install_node_modules_tag/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..efcd075e88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/specs/install/future_install_node_modules_tag/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "dependencies": {
+    "ajv": "latest"
+  }
+}