diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 031b4d2919..8c12ab7b5f 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+8.0.0-dev.74 | 2025-05-08 13:46:54 -0700
+
+  * Downgrade broker clone FatalError to an Error (Tim Wojtulewicz, Corelight)
+
 8.0.0-dev.72 | 2025-05-08 13:18:52 +0200
 
   * probabilistic/BitVector: Add include <cstdint> (Arne Welzel, Corelight)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 88942b808d..b578bb24ef 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.0.0-dev.72
+8.0.0-dev.74
diff --git a/src/broker/Manager.cc b/src/broker/Manager.cc
index 0427aca1e6..544544b207 100644
--- a/src/broker/Manager.cc
+++ b/src/broker/Manager.cc
@@ -2092,8 +2092,10 @@ detail::StoreHandleVal* Manager::MakeClone(const string& name, double resync_int
     auto handle = new detail::StoreHandleVal{*result};
     Ref(handle);
 
-    if ( ! handle->proxy.valid() )
-        reporter->FatalError("Failed to create clone for data store %s", name.c_str());
+    if ( ! handle->proxy.valid() ) {
+        reporter->Error("Failed to create clone for data store %s", name.c_str());
+        return nullptr;
+    }
 
     data_stores.emplace(name, handle);
     if ( ! iosource_mgr->RegisterFd(handle->proxy.mailbox().descriptor(), this) )