diff --git a/modules/client.go b/modules/client.go
index c3371e0d4..f358f3f75 100644
--- a/modules/client.go
+++ b/modules/client.go
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ func (c *Client) Get(args ...string) error {
 				return coll.err
 			}
 			for _, m := range mc.AllModules {
-				if m.Owner() == nil {
+				if m.Owner() == nil || !isProbablyModule(m.Path()) {
 					continue
 				}
 				modules = append(modules, m.Path())
diff --git a/testscripts/commands/mod_get_u.txt b/testscripts/commands/mod_get_u.txt
index b070309e0..f3efc0c1b 100644
--- a/testscripts/commands/mod_get_u.txt
+++ b/testscripts/commands/mod_get_u.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ stdout 'commonmod@v1.0.1.*commonmod2@v1.0.2'
 
 -- hugo.toml --
 title = "Hugo Modules Update Test"
+theme = ["my-theme"]
 [module]
 [[module.imports]]
 path="github.com/gohugoio/hugo-mod-integrationtests/withconfigtoml"
@@ -17,4 +18,5 @@ require (
   github.com/gohugoio/hugo-mod-integrationtests/withhugotoml v1.1.0 // indirect
   github.com/gohugoio/hugo-mod-integrationtests/commonmod v0.0.0-20230823103305-919cefe8a425 // indirect
 )
-
+-- themes/my-theme/dummy.txt --
+MY THEME