diff --git a/configs/test-fixtures/invalid-files/provider-syntax.tf b/configs/test-fixtures/invalid-files/provider-syntax.tf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7cf680fee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/test-fixtures/invalid-files/provider-syntax.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+provider "template" {
+  version = 
+}
diff --git a/configs/version_constraint.go b/configs/version_constraint.go
index 7aa19efc6..e40ce1639 100644
--- a/configs/version_constraint.go
+++ b/configs/version_constraint.go
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ func decodeVersionConstraint(attr *hcl.Attribute) (VersionConstraint, hcl.Diagno
 		return ret, diags
 	}
 
+	if !val.IsWhollyKnown() {
+		// If there is a syntax error, HCL sets the value of the given attribute
+		// to cty.DynamicVal. A diagnostic for the syntax error will already
+		// bubble up, so we will move forward gracefully here.
+		return ret, diags
+	}
+
 	constraintStr := val.AsString()
 	constraints, err := version.NewConstraint(constraintStr)
 	if err != nil {