diff --git a/pkg/fanal/analyzer/buildinfo/content_manifest.go b/pkg/fanal/analyzer/buildinfo/content_manifest.go
index 1c99a9783ebe..7d5372dc7266 100644
--- a/pkg/fanal/analyzer/buildinfo/content_manifest.go
+++ b/pkg/fanal/analyzer/buildinfo/content_manifest.go
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ func (a contentManifestAnalyzer) Analyze(_ context.Context, target analyzer.Anal
 		return nil, xerrors.Errorf("invalid content manifest: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	if len(manifest.ContentSets) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
 	return &analyzer.AnalysisResult{
 		BuildInfo: &types.BuildInfo{
 			ContentSets: manifest.ContentSets,
diff --git a/pkg/fanal/analyzer/buildinfo/content_manifest_test.go b/pkg/fanal/analyzer/buildinfo/content_manifest_test.go
index c7d8b880f5a1..61ad8ebde1cb 100644
--- a/pkg/fanal/analyzer/buildinfo/content_manifest_test.go
+++ b/pkg/fanal/analyzer/buildinfo/content_manifest_test.go
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ func Test_contentManifestAnalyzer_Analyze(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name:  "happy path for non-contentSets file",
+			input: "testdata/content_manifests/sbom-purl.json",
+			want:  nil,
+		},
 		{
 			name:    "broken json",
 			input:   "testdata/content_manifests/broken.json",
diff --git a/pkg/fanal/analyzer/buildinfo/testdata/content_manifests/sbom-purl.json b/pkg/fanal/analyzer/buildinfo/testdata/content_manifests/sbom-purl.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8e73ade1d8f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/fanal/analyzer/buildinfo/testdata/content_manifests/sbom-purl.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "image_contents": {
+    "dependencies": [
+      {
+        "purl": "pkg:rpm/redhat/zstd@1.5.1-2.el9?arch=src&checksum=sha256:f1ddea14d19746b867e69b48d128dd9c2d3e8cc021a5ea7b0674b48356ad3341&repository_id=rhel-9-base-source"
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}
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