diff --git a/src/providers/golang_gomodules.js b/src/providers/golang_gomodules.js
index e0fddf5..e67bd0f 100644
--- a/src/providers/golang_gomodules.js
+++ b/src/providers/golang_gomodules.js
@@ -258,17 +258,22 @@ function getSBOM(manifest, opts = {}, includeTransitive) {
 	}
 	let manifestDir = path.dirname(manifest)
 	try {
-		var goGraphOutput = invokeCommand(goBin, ['mod', 'graph'], {cwd: manifestDir}).toString()
+		var goGraphOutput = invokeCommand(goBin, ['mod', 'graph'], {cwd: manifestDir}).toString().trim()
 	} catch(error) {
 		throw new Error('failed to invoke go binary for module graph', {cause: error})
 	}
+
+	try {
+		var goModEditOutput = JSON.parse(invokeCommand(goBin, ["mod", "edit", "-json"], {cwd: manifestDir}).toString().trim())
+	} catch(error) {
+		throw new Error('failed to determine root module name', {cause: error})
+	}
+
 	let ignoredDeps = getIgnoredDeps(manifest);
 	let allIgnoredDeps = ignoredDeps.map((dep) => dep.toString())
 	let sbom = new Sbom();
-	let rows = goGraphOutput.split(getLineSeparatorGolang()).filter(line => {
-		return !line.includes(' go@');
-	});
-	let root = getParentVertexFromEdge(rows[0])
+	let rows = goGraphOutput.split(getLineSeparatorGolang()).filter(line => !line.includes(' go@'));
+	let root = getParentVertexFromEdge(goModEditOutput['Module']['Path'])
 	let matchManifestVersions = getCustom("MATCH_MANIFEST_VERSIONS", "false", opts);
 	if(matchManifestVersions === "true") {
 		performManifestVersionsCheck(root, rows, manifest)
@@ -278,7 +283,7 @@ function getSBOM(manifest, opts = {}, includeTransitive) {
 	sbom.addRoot(mainModule)
 	const exhortGoMvsLogicEnabled = getCustom("EXHORT_GO_MVS_LOGIC_ENABLED", "false", opts)
 	if(includeTransitive && exhortGoMvsLogicEnabled === "true") {
-		rows = getFinalPackagesVersionsForModule(rows,manifest,goBin)
+		rows = getFinalPackagesVersionsForModule(rows, manifest, goBin)
 	}
 	if (includeTransitive) {
 		let currentParent = ""
diff --git a/test/providers/golang_gomodules.test.js b/test/providers/golang_gomodules.test.js
index f1b5894..32063f9 100644
--- a/test/providers/golang_gomodules.test.js
+++ b/test/providers/golang_gomodules.test.js
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ suite('testing the golang-go-modules data provider', () => {
 		"go_mod_no_ignore",
 		"go_mod_with_ignore",
 		"go_mod_test_ignore",
-		"go_mod_with_all_ignore"
+		"go_mod_with_all_ignore",
+		"go_mod_empty"
 	].forEach(testCase => {
 		let scenario = testCase.replace('go_mod_', '').replaceAll('_', ' ')
 		test(`verify go.mod sbom provided for stack analysis with scenario ${scenario}`, () => {
diff --git a/test/providers/tst_manifests/golang/go_mod_empty/expected_sbom_component_analysis.json b/test/providers/tst_manifests/golang/go_mod_empty/expected_sbom_component_analysis.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17455b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/providers/tst_manifests/golang/go_mod_empty/expected_sbom_component_analysis.json
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+    "bomFormat": "CycloneDX",
+    "specVersion": "1.4",
+    "version": 1,
+    "metadata": {
+        "timestamp": "2023-08-07T00:00:00.000Z",
+        "component": {
+            "group": "github.com/sample",
+            "name": "empty-module",
+            "version": "v0.0.0",
+            "purl": "pkg:golang/github.com/sample/empty-module@v0.0.0",
+            "type": "application",
+            "bom-ref": "pkg:golang/github.com/sample/empty-module@v0.0.0"
+        }
+    },
+    "components": [
+        {
+            "group": "github.com/sample",
+            "name": "empty-module",
+            "version": "v0.0.0",
+            "purl": "pkg:golang/github.com/sample/empty-module@v0.0.0",
+            "type": "application",
+            "bom-ref": "pkg:golang/github.com/sample/empty-module@v0.0.0"
+        }
+    ],
+    "dependencies": []
+}
diff --git a/test/providers/tst_manifests/golang/go_mod_empty/expected_sbom_stack_analysis.json b/test/providers/tst_manifests/golang/go_mod_empty/expected_sbom_stack_analysis.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a41eed4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/providers/tst_manifests/golang/go_mod_empty/expected_sbom_stack_analysis.json
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+{
+    "bomFormat": "CycloneDX",
+    "specVersion": "1.4",
+    "version": 1,
+    "metadata": {
+        "timestamp": "2023-08-07T00:00:00.000Z",
+        "component": {
+            "group": "github.com/sample",
+            "name": "empty-module",
+            "version": "v0.0.0",
+            "purl": "pkg:golang/github.com/sample/empty-module@v0.0.0",
+            "type": "application",
+            "bom-ref": "pkg:golang/github.com/sample/empty-module@v0.0.0"
+        }
+    },
+    "components": [
+        {
+            "group": "github.com/sample",
+            "name": "empty-module",
+            "version": "v0.0.0",
+            "purl": "pkg:golang/github.com/sample/empty-module@v0.0.0",
+            "type": "application",
+            "bom-ref": "pkg:golang/github.com/sample/empty-module@v0.0.0"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "go",
+            "version": "1.24",
+            "purl": "pkg:golang/go@1.24",
+            "type": "library",
+            "bom-ref": "pkg:golang/go@1.24"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "toolchain",
+            "version": "go1.24",
+            "purl": "pkg:golang/toolchain@go1.24",
+            "type": "library",
+            "bom-ref": "pkg:golang/toolchain@go1.24"
+        }
+    ],
+    "dependencies": [
+        {
+            "ref": "pkg:golang/go@1.24",
+            "dependsOn": [
+                "pkg:golang/toolchain@go1.24"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "ref": "pkg:golang/toolchain@go1.24",
+            "dependsOn": []
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/test/providers/tst_manifests/golang/go_mod_empty/go.mod b/test/providers/tst_manifests/golang/go_mod_empty/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2af790
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/providers/tst_manifests/golang/go_mod_empty/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module github.com/sample/empty-module
+
+go 1.24