diff --git a/core/src/main/java/gov/nist/secauto/metaschema/core/metapath/function/library/MapForEach.java b/core/src/main/java/gov/nist/secauto/metaschema/core/metapath/function/library/MapForEach.java
index 0a7223d89..d08f0b977 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/gov/nist/secauto/metaschema/core/metapath/function/library/MapForEach.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/gov/nist/secauto/metaschema/core/metapath/function/library/MapForEach.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public final class MapForEach {
           .one()
           .build())
       .returnType(IItem.type())
-      .returnOneOrMore()
+      .returnZeroOrMore()
       .functionHandler(MapForEach::execute)
       .build();