diff --git a/internal/utilities/version/version.go b/internal/utilities/version/version.go
index 91ceafda73..e26cfd8f85 100644
--- a/internal/utilities/version/version.go
+++ b/internal/utilities/version/version.go
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ func parseSemver(ver string) (*versionInfo, error) {
 	vi := &versionInfo{
 		Original: ver,
 	}
+	if ver == "" {
+		ver = "0.0.0-unknown"
+	}
 
 	ver = normalizeVersion(ver)
 	sv, err := semver.NewVersion(ver)
diff --git a/internal/utilities/version/version_test.go b/internal/utilities/version/version_test.go
index 55f73b8930..91e90be3e5 100644
--- a/internal/utilities/version/version_test.go
+++ b/internal/utilities/version/version_test.go
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ func TestVersionParseSemver(t *testing.T) {
 
 		{str: "2.165.1-rc.1.5", maj: 2, min: 165, pat: 1, rc: 1},
 		{str: "2.165.1-rc1.5", maj: 2, min: 165, pat: 1, rc: 1},
+		{str: "", maj: 0, min: 0, pat: 0, rc: 0},
 
-		{str: "", err: "Invalid Semantic Version"},
 		{str: "abc", err: "Invalid Semantic Version"},
 	}