diff --git a/deps.zig b/deps.zig
index 815e47bf9ab2974c2ebbaea1ae89b156aa86ccc7..066a054ad91acae4e2561a528467eba3c1c350e4 100644
--- a/deps.zig
+++ b/deps.zig
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ pub fn fetch(exe: *std.build.LibExeObjStep) void {
     exe.step.dependOn(&GitExactStep.create(b, "https://github.com/nektro/zig-licenses", "c9b8cbf3565675a056ad4e9b57cb4f84020e7680").step);
     exe.step.dependOn(&GitExactStep.create(b, "https://github.com/nektro/zig-licenses-text", "3c07c6e4eb0965dafd0b029c632f823631b3169c").step);
     exe.step.dependOn(&GitExactStep.create(b, "https://github.com/nektro/zig-range", "4b2f12808aa09be4b27a163efc424dd4e0415992").step);
-    exe.step.dependOn(&GitExactStep.create(b, "https://github.com/nektro/zig-yaml", "e56b9fed6c0afd1c4d29bedc08c3899ffe1165e9").step);
     exe.step.dependOn(&GitExactStep.create(b, "https://github.com/nektro/zig-time", "12fad367a5282827aad7e12f0e9cd36f672c4010").step);
+    exe.step.dependOn(&GitExactStep.create(b, "https://github.com/nektro/zig-yaml", "0d17fb99cba338aedc1abac12d78d5e5f04f0b6b").step);
     exe.step.dependOn(&GitExactStep.create(b, "https://github.com/truemedian/hzzp", "305aca97fce78eb3e787d57691a5eed5512bece7").step);
     exe.step.dependOn(&GitExactStep.create(b, "https://github.com/ziglibs/known-folders", "fa75e1bc672952efa0cf06160bbd942b47f6d59b").step);
     exe.step.dependOn(&GitExactStep.create(b, "https://github.com/yaml/libyaml", "2c891fc7a770e8ba2fec34fc6b545c672beb37e6").step);
@@ -227,9 +227,9 @@ pub const package_data = struct {
         .deps = &[_]*Package{ &_f7dubzb7cyqe },
     };
     pub var _g982zq6e8wsv = Package{
-        .store = "/git/github.com/nektro/zig-yaml/e56b9fed6c0afd1c4d29bedc08c3899ffe1165e9",
+        .store = "/git/github.com/nektro/zig-yaml/0d17fb99cba338aedc1abac12d78d5e5f04f0b6b",
         .name = "yaml",
-        .entry = "/git/github.com/nektro/zig-yaml/e56b9fed6c0afd1c4d29bedc08c3899ffe1165e9/yaml.zig",
+        .entry = "/git/github.com/nektro/zig-yaml/0d17fb99cba338aedc1abac12d78d5e5f04f0b6b/yaml.zig",
         .deps = &[_]*Package{ &_f7dubzb7cyqe },
     };
     pub var _9k24gimke1an = Package{
diff --git a/src/cmd/license.zig b/src/cmd/license.zig
index 80ba24f23789ca6840d252d27959dc0f94a10fed..703f76d8d99180b9848211e84d71c9250a76feb7 100644
--- a/src/cmd/license.zig
+++ b/src/cmd/license.zig
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ pub fn do(cachepath: string, dir: std.fs.Dir, options: *common.CollectOptions, o
             try unspecified_list.append(item);
             continue;
         }
-        const license_code = item.yaml.?.get_string("license");
+        const license_code = item.yaml.?.get_string("license") orelse "";
         if (license_code.len == 0) {
             try unspecified_list.append(item);
             continue;
diff --git a/src/util/modfile.zig b/src/util/modfile.zig
index 083aabb5b22765ebb9f38c99202079ae62c403d3..fdefb1430f0238443cfbe5607b98b5534ca61b91 100644
--- a/src/util/modfile.zig
+++ b/src/util/modfile.zig
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ pub const ModFile = struct {
     }
 
     pub fn from_mapping(alloc: std.mem.Allocator, mapping: yaml.Mapping) !Self {
-        const id = mapping.get_string("id");
-        const name = mapping.get("name").?.string;
-        const main = mapping.get_string("main");
+        const id = mapping.get_string("id") orelse "";
+        const name = mapping.get_string("name") orelse "";
+        const main = mapping.get_string("main") orelse "";
 
         if (std.mem.indexOf(u8, name, "/")) |_| {
             u.fail("name may not contain any '/'", .{});
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ pub const ModFile = struct {
             .files = try mapping.get_string_array(alloc, "files"),
             .rootdeps = try dep_list_by_name(alloc, mapping, &.{ "dev_dependencies", "root_dependencies" }, false),
             .builddeps = try dep_list_by_name(alloc, mapping, &.{ "dev_dependencies", "build_dependencies" }, true),
-            .min_zig_version = std.SemanticVersion.parse(mapping.get_string("min_zig_version")) catch null,
-            .vcpkg = std.mem.eql(u8, "true", mapping.get_string("vcpkg")),
+            .min_zig_version = std.SemanticVersion.parse(mapping.get_string("min_zig_version") orelse "") catch null,
+            .vcpkg = std.mem.eql(u8, "true", mapping.get_string("vcpkg") orelse ""),
         };
     }
 
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ pub const ModFile = struct {
                     var dtype: string = undefined;
                     var path: string = undefined;
                     var version: ?string = null;
-                    var name = item.mapping.get_string("name");
-                    var main = item.mapping.get_string("main");
+                    var name = item.mapping.get_string("name") orelse "";
+                    var main = item.mapping.get_string("main") orelse "";
 
                     if (item.mapping.get("src")) |val| {
                         var src_iter = std.mem.tokenize(u8, val.string, " ");
@@ -125,19 +125,19 @@ pub const ModFile = struct {
                     try dep_list.append(zigmod.Dep{
                         .type = dep_type,
                         .path = path,
-                        .id = item.mapping.get_string("id"),
+                        .id = item.mapping.get_string("id") orelse "",
                         .name = name,
                         .main = main,
                         .version = version.?,
                         .c_include_dirs = try item.mapping.get_string_array(alloc, "c_include_dirs"),
                         .c_source_flags = try item.mapping.get_string_array(alloc, "c_source_flags"),
                         .c_source_files = try item.mapping.get_string_array(alloc, "c_source_files"),
-                        .only_os = try u.list_remove(alloc, try u.split(alloc, item.mapping.get_string("only_os"), ","), ""),
-                        .except_os = try u.list_remove(alloc, try u.split(alloc, item.mapping.get_string("except_os"), ","), ""),
+                        .only_os = try u.list_remove(alloc, try u.split(alloc, item.mapping.get_string("only_os") orelse "", ","), ""),
+                        .except_os = try u.list_remove(alloc, try u.split(alloc, item.mapping.get_string("except_os") orelse "", ","), ""),
                         .yaml = item.mapping,
                         .deps = try dep_list_by_name(alloc, item.mapping, &.{"dependencies"}, for_build),
-                        .keep = std.mem.eql(u8, "true", item.mapping.get_string("keep")),
-                        .vcpkg = std.mem.eql(u8, "true", item.mapping.get_string("vcpkg")),
+                        .keep = std.mem.eql(u8, "true", item.mapping.get_string("keep") orelse ""),
+                        .vcpkg = std.mem.eql(u8, "true", item.mapping.get_string("vcpkg") orelse ""),
                         .for_build = for_build,
                     });
                 }
diff --git a/zigmod.lock b/zigmod.lock
index 8180060aa9568d03af9191de979fe4c07b804ba3..51c81438c905bc44fc11adc6b615d90c2b9f31df 100644
--- a/zigmod.lock
+++ b/zigmod.lock
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ git https://github.com/nektro/zig-licenses commit-c9b8cbf3565675a056ad4e9b57cb4f
 git https://github.com/nektro/zig-licenses-text commit-3c07c6e4eb0965dafd0b029c632f823631b3169c
 git https://github.com/nektro/zig-range commit-4b2f12808aa09be4b27a163efc424dd4e0415992
 git https://github.com/nektro/zig-time commit-12fad367a5282827aad7e12f0e9cd36f672c4010
-git https://github.com/nektro/zig-yaml commit-e56b9fed6c0afd1c4d29bedc08c3899ffe1165e9
+git https://github.com/nektro/zig-yaml commit-0d17fb99cba338aedc1abac12d78d5e5f04f0b6b
 git https://github.com/truemedian/hzzp commit-305aca97fce78eb3e787d57691a5eed5512bece7
 git https://github.com/ziglibs/known-folders commit-fa75e1bc672952efa0cf06160bbd942b47f6d59b
 git https://github.com/yaml/libyaml tag-0.2.5