reverted:
--- b/core/modules/update/update.compare.inc
+++ a/core/modules/update/update.compare.inc
@@ -411,6 +411,11 @@
     ) {
       continue;
     }
+    // Ignore dev releases with no date. These are either broken releases or
+    // stub releases to allow them to be selected on drupal.org project issues.
+    elseif ($release->getDate() === NULL && $release_module_version->getVersionExtra() === 'dev') {
+      continue;
+    }
 
     $release_major_version = $release_module_version->getMajorVersion();
     // See if this is a higher major version than our target and yet still