diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/Entity/ConfigEntityUpdater.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/Entity/ConfigEntityUpdater.php
index 37e5fb1aa87b..571b9914250a 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/Entity/ConfigEntityUpdater.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/Entity/ConfigEntityUpdater.php
@@ -11,8 +11,11 @@ use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
  *
  * Use this in a post update function like so:
  * @code
- * // Update the dependencies of all Vocabulary configuration entities.
- * \Drupal::classResolver(ConfigEntityUpdater::class)->update($sandbox, 'taxonomy_vocabulary');
+ * // Ensure Taxonomy module installed before trying to update vocabularies.
+ * if (\Drupal::moduleHandler()->moduleExists('taxonomy')) {
+ *   // Update the dependencies of all Vocabulary configuration entities.
+ *   \Drupal::classResolver(ConfigEntityUpdater::class)->update($sandbox, 'taxonomy_vocabulary');
+ * }
  * @endcode
  *
  * The number of entities processed in each batch is determined by the
@@ -65,6 +68,9 @@ class ConfigEntityUpdater implements ContainerInjectionInterface {
    *   Stores information for batch updates.
    * @param string $entity_type_id
    *   The configuration entity type ID. For example, 'view' or 'vocabulary'.
+   *   The calling code should ensure that the entity type exists beforehand
+   *   (i.e., by checking that the entity type is defined or that the module
+   *   that provides it is installed).
    * @param callable $callback
    *   (optional) A callback to determine if a configuration entity should be
    *   saved. The callback will be passed each entity of the provided type that
diff --git a/core/modules/block_content/block_content.post_update.php b/core/modules/block_content/block_content.post_update.php
index daf5b0d4e44d..db7f50460cb8 100644
--- a/core/modules/block_content/block_content.post_update.php
+++ b/core/modules/block_content/block_content.post_update.php
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ use Drupal\Core\Entity\Sql\SqlContentEntityStorage;
  * Adds a 'reusable' filter to all Custom Block views.
  */
 function block_content_post_update_add_views_reusable_filter(&$sandbox = NULL) {
+  // If Views is not installed, there is nothing to do.
+  if (!\Drupal::moduleHandler()->moduleExists('views')) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   $entity_type = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getDefinition('block_content');
   $storage = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage('block_content');
 
diff --git a/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Functional/Update/BlockContentReusableUpdateTest.php b/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Functional/Update/BlockContentReusableUpdateTest.php
index fb261db70e0a..64eeadde57ad 100644
--- a/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Functional/Update/BlockContentReusableUpdateTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Functional/Update/BlockContentReusableUpdateTest.php
@@ -150,4 +150,12 @@ class BlockContentReusableUpdateTest extends UpdatePathTestBase {
     $assert_session->statusCodeEquals('403');
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Tests that the update succeeds even if Views is not installed.
+   */
+  public function testReusableFieldAdditionWithoutViews() {
+    $this->container->get('module_installer')->uninstall(['views']);
+    $this->runUpdates();
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/content_moderation/content_moderation.post_update.php b/core/modules/content_moderation/content_moderation.post_update.php
index d5c2606cce6b..918238ea154f 100644
--- a/core/modules/content_moderation/content_moderation.post_update.php
+++ b/core/modules/content_moderation/content_moderation.post_update.php
@@ -175,6 +175,11 @@ function content_moderation_post_update_entity_display_dependencies(&$sandbox) {
  * Update the moderation state views field plugin ID.
  */
 function content_moderation_post_update_views_field_plugin_id(&$sandbox) {
+  // If Views is not installed, there is nothing to do.
+  if (!\Drupal::moduleHandler()->moduleExists('views')) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   \Drupal::classResolver(ConfigEntityUpdater::class)->update($sandbox, 'view', function ($view) {
     /** @var \Drupal\views\ViewEntityInterface $view */
     $updated = FALSE;
diff --git a/core/modules/content_moderation/tests/src/Functional/Update/ModerationStateViewsFieldUpdateTest.php b/core/modules/content_moderation/tests/src/Functional/Update/ModerationStateViewsFieldUpdateTest.php
index 5fc5ac52dc7c..da961279e865 100644
--- a/core/modules/content_moderation/tests/src/Functional/Update/ModerationStateViewsFieldUpdateTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/content_moderation/tests/src/Functional/Update/ModerationStateViewsFieldUpdateTest.php
@@ -39,4 +39,12 @@ class ModerationStateViewsFieldUpdateTest extends UpdatePathTestBase {
     $this->assertEquals('moderation_state_field', $views_display['display_options']['fields']['moderation_state']['plugin_id']);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Tests that the update succeeds even if Views is not installed.
+   */
+  public function testViewsFieldIdUpdateWithoutViews() {
+    $this->container->get('module_installer')->uninstall(['views']);
+    $this->runUpdates();
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.post_update.php b/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.post_update.php
index 5b98cce9480d..6b1c6bde0841 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.post_update.php
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.post_update.php
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ function taxonomy_post_update_clear_entity_bundle_field_definitions_cache() {
  * existing ones that were using the 'content_translation_status' field.
  */
 function taxonomy_post_update_handle_publishing_status_addition_in_views(&$sandbox = NULL) {
+  // If Views is not installed, there is nothing to do.
+  if (!\Drupal::moduleHandler()->moduleExists('views')) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   $definition_update_manager = \Drupal::entityDefinitionUpdateManager();
   $entity_type = $definition_update_manager->getEntityType('taxonomy_term');
   $published_key = $entity_type->getKey('published');
diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/tests/src/Functional/Update/TaxonomyTermUpdatePathTest.php b/core/modules/taxonomy/tests/src/Functional/Update/TaxonomyTermUpdatePathTest.php
index 7a1dd357f04d..4d897715f347 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/tests/src/Functional/Update/TaxonomyTermUpdatePathTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/tests/src/Functional/Update/TaxonomyTermUpdatePathTest.php
@@ -91,6 +91,22 @@ class TaxonomyTermUpdatePathTest extends UpdatePathTestBase {
     $this->assertEquals('Another message', (string) taxonomy_update_8601());
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Tests taxonomy term views updates succeed even if Views is not installed.
+   */
+  public function testPublishingStatusUpdateForTaxonomyTermViewsWithoutViews() {
+    // Uninstalling Views will trigger some activity in the menu tree storage
+    // system, which will cause errors until system_update_8001() is run. This
+    // is because, in the drupal-8.filled.standard database fixture used for
+    // this update test, the menu link titles are not serialized (this is what
+    // gets done by system_update_8001()). Since this method is not testing
+    // anything relating to menu links, it's OK to just truncate the menu_tree
+    // table before uninstalling Views.
+    $this->container->get('database')->truncate('menu_tree')->execute();
+    $this->container->get('module_installer')->uninstall(['views']);
+    $this->runUpdates();
+  }
+
   /**
    * Tests handling of the publishing status in taxonomy term views updates.
    *
diff --git a/core/modules/views/tests/src/Functional/Update/ExposedFilterBlocksUpdateTest.php b/core/modules/views/tests/src/Functional/Update/ExposedFilterBlocksUpdateTest.php
index cd5e95446643..a9a952670f33 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/tests/src/Functional/Update/ExposedFilterBlocksUpdateTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/tests/src/Functional/Update/ExposedFilterBlocksUpdateTest.php
@@ -36,4 +36,18 @@ class ExposedFilterBlocksUpdateTest extends UpdatePathTestBase {
     $this->assertEquals('0', $config['label_display']);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Tests that the update succeeds even if Block is not installed.
+   */
+  public function testViewsPostUpdateExposedFilterBlocksWithoutBlock() {
+    // This block is created during the update process, but since we are
+    // uninstalling the Block module for this test, it will fail config schema
+    // validation. Since that's okay for the purposes of this test, just make
+    // the config schema checker ignore the block.
+    static::$configSchemaCheckerExclusions[] = 'block.block.seven_secondary_local_tasks';
+
+    $this->container->get('module_installer')->uninstall(['block']);
+    $this->runUpdates();
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/views/views.post_update.php b/core/modules/views/views.post_update.php
index fc6324146af1..496b55c3be9a 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/views.post_update.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/views.post_update.php
@@ -371,6 +371,11 @@ function views_post_update_table_display_cache_max_age(&$sandbox = NULL) {
  * Update exposed filter blocks label display to be disabled.
  */
 function views_post_update_exposed_filter_blocks_label_display(&$sandbox = NULL) {
+  // If Block is not installed, there's nothing to do.
+  if (!\Drupal::moduleHandler()->moduleExists('block')) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   \Drupal::classResolver(ConfigEntityUpdater::class)->update($sandbox, 'block', function ($block) {
     /** @var \Drupal\block\BlockInterface $block */
     if (strpos($block->getPluginId(), 'views_exposed_filter_block:') === 0) {