diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/scala/org/scalasteward/core/buildtool/gradle/gradleParser.scala b/modules/core/src/main/scala/org/scalasteward/core/buildtool/gradle/gradleParser.scala
index 82fef6a61..9567390ca 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/scala/org/scalasteward/core/buildtool/gradle/gradleParser.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/scala/org/scalasteward/core/buildtool/gradle/gradleParser.scala
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters.*
 object gradleParser {
   def parseDependenciesAndPlugins(input: String): (List[Dependency], List[Dependency]) = {
     val parsed = Toml.parse(input)
-    val versionsTable = parsed.getTableOrEmpty("versions")
-    val librariesTable = parsed.getTableOrEmpty("libraries")
-    val pluginsTable = parsed.getTableOrEmpty("plugins")
+    val versionsTable = getTableSafe(parsed, "versions")
+    val librariesTable = getTableSafe(parsed, "libraries")
+    val pluginsTable = getTableSafe(parsed, "plugins")
 
     val dependencies = collectEntries(librariesTable, parseDependency(_, versionsTable))
     val plugins = collectEntries(pluginsTable, parsePlugin(_, versionsTable))
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ object gradleParser {
     versionString.orElse(versionRef).map(Version.apply)
   }
 
+  private def getTableSafe(table: TomlTable, key: String): TomlTable =
+    Option
+      .when(table.contains(key) && table.isTable(key))(table.getTableOrEmpty(key))
+      .getOrElse(emptyTable)
+
+  private val emptyTable: TomlTable = Toml.parse("")
+
   private def getStringSafe(table: TomlTable, key: String): Option[String] =
     Option.when(table.contains(key) && table.isString(key))(table.getString(key))
 }
diff --git a/modules/core/src/test/scala/org/scalasteward/core/buildtool/gradle/gradleParserTest.scala b/modules/core/src/test/scala/org/scalasteward/core/buildtool/gradle/gradleParserTest.scala
index a3643d82c..8b10095b9 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/test/scala/org/scalasteward/core/buildtool/gradle/gradleParserTest.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/test/scala/org/scalasteward/core/buildtool/gradle/gradleParserTest.scala
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ class gradleParserTest extends FunSuite {
          |groovy = "3.0.5"
          |[libraries]
          |groovy-core = { module = "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy", version.ref = "groovy"
+         |foo = { module = "bar:qux:foo", version = "1" }
+         |[plugins]
+         |foo = ""
          |""".stripMargin
     val obtained = gradleParser.parseDependenciesAndPlugins(input)
     assertEquals(obtained, (List.empty, List.empty))