diff --git a/.github/workflows/tox.yml b/.github/workflows/tox.yml
index 45edc4dc32..c82a865eaf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tox.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tox.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Number of expected test passes, safety measure for accidental skip of
       # tests. Update value if you add/remove tests.
-      PYTEST_REQPASS: 832
+      PYTEST_REQPASS: 833
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index ac49de5e31..5f76c92059 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ repos:
             examples/other/some.j2.yaml|
             examples/playbooks/collections/.*|
             examples/playbooks/example.yml|
+            examples/playbooks/invalid-transform.yml|
             examples/playbooks/multiline-brackets.*|
             examples/playbooks/templates/not-valid.yaml|
             examples/playbooks/vars/empty.transformed.yml|
diff --git a/examples/playbooks/invalid-transform.yml b/examples/playbooks/invalid-transform.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a1d50a54f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/playbooks/invalid-transform.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# yamllint disable-file
+---
+- name: Test
+  hosts: localhost
+  gather_facts: false
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: Print hello message
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: "Hello!"
+          register: vm_output
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/yaml_utils.py b/src/ansiblelint/yaml_utils.py
index 851f96ca13..98318ec94d 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/yaml_utils.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/yaml_utils.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 # Module 'ruamel.yaml' does not explicitly export attribute 'YAML'; implicit reexport disabled
 # To make the type checkers happy, we import from ruamel.yaml.main instead.
 from ruamel.yaml.main import YAML
+from ruamel.yaml.parser import ParserError
 from ruamel.yaml.scalarint import ScalarInt
 from yamllint.config import YamlLintConfig
 
@@ -953,6 +954,9 @@ def loads(self, stream: str) -> Any:
             data = self.load(stream=text)
         except ComposerError:
             data = self.load_all(stream=text)
+        except ParserError:
+            data = None
+            _logger.error("Invalid yaml, verify the file contents and try again.")
         if preamble_comment is not None and isinstance(
             data,
             (CommentedMap, CommentedSeq),
diff --git a/test/test_transformer.py b/test/test_transformer.py
index 525e37278b..759f9cbf80 100644
--- a/test/test_transformer.py
+++ b/test/test_transformer.py
@@ -162,6 +162,13 @@ def fixture_runner_result(
             False,
             id="github-workflow",
         ),
+        pytest.param(
+            "examples/playbooks/invalid-transform.yml",
+            1,
+            False,
+            True,
+            id="invalid_transform",
+        ),
     ),
 )
 @mock.patch.dict(os.environ, {"ANSIBLE_LINT_WRITE_TMP": "1"}, clear=True)