diff --git a/shared/vendored/.gitrepo b/shared/vendored/.gitrepo
index 3f1a4b4..67d4d4b 100644
--- a/shared/vendored/.gitrepo
+++ b/shared/vendored/.gitrepo
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 [subrepo]
 	remote = https://github.com/nextstrain/shared
 	branch = main
-	commit = 6e82a95b4e1e1a9b2ae42bb9a63c458a0a0ac7c0
-	parent = d69e5f61ceddb2d39d57a5dcb7c74e3264b09aba
+	commit = 7a986c3c6c52c51d33dd412800b0bb694030f379
+	parent = 89b1a481f13aa65c5e722efa3f6abe1cb000e0c4
 	method = merge
 	cmdver = 0.4.9
diff --git a/shared/vendored/snakemake/remote_files.smk b/shared/vendored/snakemake/remote_files.smk
index 5c0414d..a6b71e2 100644
--- a/shared/vendored/snakemake/remote_files.smk
+++ b/shared/vendored/snakemake/remote_files.smk
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import socket
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 from snakemake.io import get_flag_value, AnnotatedString
 from snakemake.logging import logger
+from textwrap import dedent
 
 
 def is_online(host="8.8.8.8", port=53, timeout=3) -> bool:
@@ -228,17 +229,14 @@ def _local_or_storage(wrapped: AnnotatedString) -> str | AnnotatedString:
         )
         return wrapped
 
-    local = so.local_path()
-    if not local.exists():
-        raise Exception(
-            f"Unable to find local cached file for {so.query!r}. "
-            "Please make sure you have run the workflow at least once with "
-            "internet connection and config.use_remote_files set to True to "
-            "to fetch and save the remote file locally.")
+    local = str(so.local_path())
+    logger.warning(dedent(f"""\
+        Attempting to use the local file for:
 
-    logger.warning(
-        f"Using the cached copy of {so.query} at {local} without revalidation. "
-        "Set config.use_remote_files to True if you want to force revalidation."
-    )
+            remote: {so.query}
+            local: {local}
 
-    return str(local)
+        Set config.use_remote_files to True if you want to force revalidation of the remote file
+        or if you run into the MissingInputException with the local file.
+        """))
+    return local