diff --git a/jkube-kit/enricher/generic/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jkube/enricher/generic/GitEnricher.java b/jkube-kit/enricher/generic/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jkube/enricher/generic/GitEnricher.java
index 67d6a5ec5c..4a4bf1f949 100644
--- a/jkube-kit/enricher/generic/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jkube/enricher/generic/GitEnricher.java
+++ b/jkube-kit/enricher/generic/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jkube/enricher/generic/GitEnricher.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ private Map<String, String> getAnnotations(PlatformMode platformMode) {
                 return annotations;
             } catch (IOException | GitAPIException e) {
                 log.error("Cannot extract Git information for adding to annotations: " + e, e);
-                return null;
+                return Collections.emptyMap();
             }
         }