diff --git a/pkg/helm/helmtoschema.go b/pkg/helm/helmtoschema.go
index 12cd1d4..1124158 100644
--- a/pkg/helm/helmtoschema.go
+++ b/pkg/helm/helmtoschema.go
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ func HelmToSchema(valuesPath string) result.SchemaResult {
 
 	// the top level node is a document node. We need to go one layer
 	// deeper to get the actual yaml content
-	result.Diags = parseMapNode(sch, valuesDocument.Content[0], result.Diags)
+	if len(valuesDocument.Content) > 0 {
+		result.Diags = parseMapNode(sch, valuesDocument.Content[0], result.Diags)
+	}
 
 	return result
 }
diff --git a/pkg/schema/expand.go b/pkg/schema/expand.go
index ec8e8d3..1103a47 100644
--- a/pkg/schema/expand.go
+++ b/pkg/schema/expand.go
@@ -27,10 +27,12 @@ func ExpandProperties(schema *Schema) *orderedmap.OrderedMap[string, *Schema] {
 		result = mergeProperties(result, allOf)
 	}
 
-	// dependencies
-	for _, item := range schema.Dependencies {
-		dep := ExpandProperties(item)
-		result = mergeProperties(result, dep)
+	// if dependencies is a map, we need to expand it
+	if dependentSchema, ok := schema.Dependencies.(map[string]*Schema); ok {
+		for _, item := range dependentSchema {
+			dep := ExpandProperties(item)
+			result = mergeProperties(result, dep)
+		}
 	}
 
 	return result
diff --git a/pkg/schema/marshal.go b/pkg/schema/marshal.go
index 7418450..cc42711 100644
--- a/pkg/schema/marshal.go
+++ b/pkg/schema/marshal.go
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ func (s *Schema) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 		s.AdditionalPropertiesRaw = &addPropRaw
 	}
 
+	if s.Dependencies != nil {
+		dependenciesBytes, err := json.Marshal(s.Dependencies)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		dependenciesRaw := json.RawMessage(dependenciesBytes)
+		s.DependenciesRaw = &dependenciesRaw
+	}
+
 	type Alias Schema
 	return json.Marshal(&struct {
 		*Alias
@@ -52,5 +61,22 @@ func (s *Schema) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 		s.AdditionalPropertiesRaw = nil
 	}
 
+	if s.DependenciesRaw != nil {
+		var dependentRequired map[string][]string
+		err := json.Unmarshal(*s.DependenciesRaw, &dependentRequired)
+		if err != nil {
+			// dependencies is map, try to unmarshal as map[string]*Schema
+			var dependentSchema map[string]*Schema
+			err = json.Unmarshal(*s.DependenciesRaw, &dependentSchema)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			s.Dependencies = dependentSchema
+		} else {
+			// dependencies is map[string][]string
+			s.Dependencies = dependentRequired
+		}
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/schema/types.go b/pkg/schema/types.go
index 9e88bc3..bc48cd6 100644
--- a/pkg/schema/types.go
+++ b/pkg/schema/types.go
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ type Schema struct {
 	OneOf []*Schema `json:"oneOf,omitempty"` // section 10.2.1.3
 	Not   *Schema   `json:"not,omitempty"`   // section 10.2.1.4
 	// RFC draft-bhutton-json-schema-00 section 10.2.2 (Apply sub-schemas conditionally)
-	If           *Schema            `json:"if,omitempty"`           // section 10.2.2.1
-	Then         *Schema            `json:"then,omitempty"`         // section 10.2.2.2
-	Else         *Schema            `json:"else,omitempty"`         // section 10.2.2.3
-	Dependencies map[string]*Schema `json:"dependencies,omitempty"` // section 10.2.2.4
+	If              *Schema          `json:"if,omitempty"`           // section 10.2.2.1
+	Then            *Schema          `json:"then,omitempty"`         // section 10.2.2.2
+	Else            *Schema          `json:"else,omitempty"`         // section 10.2.2.3
+	DependenciesRaw *json.RawMessage `json:"dependencies,omitempty"` // section 10.2.2.4
+	Dependencies    any              `json:"-"`                      // section 10.2.2.4
 	// RFC draft-bhutton-json-schema-00 section 10.3.1 (arrays)
 	PrefixItems []*Schema `json:"prefixItems,omitempty"` // section 10.3.1.1
 	Items       *Schema   `json:"items,omitempty"`       // section 10.3.1.2  (replaces additionalItems)
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ type Schema struct {
 	Properties              *orderedmap.OrderedMap[string, *Schema] `json:"properties,omitempty"`
 	PatternProperties       map[string]*Schema                      `json:"patternProperties,omitempty"`    // section 10.3.2.2
 	AdditionalPropertiesRaw *json.RawMessage                        `json:"additionalProperties,omitempty"` // section 10.3.2.3
-	AdditionalProperties    interface{}                             `json:"-"`
+	AdditionalProperties    any                                     `json:"-"`
 	// AdditionalProperties *Schema `json:"additionalProperties,omitempty"` // section 10.3.2.3
 	PropertyNames *Schema `json:"propertyNames,omitempty"` // section 10.3.2.4
 	// RFC draft-bhutton-json-schema-validation-00, section 6