diff --git a/tooling/camel-kafka-connector-generator-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/kafkaconnector/maven/CamelKafkaConnectorKameletUpdateMojo.java b/tooling/camel-kafka-connector-generator-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/kafkaconnector/maven/CamelKafkaConnectorKameletUpdateMojo.java
index 18da9d7e62..891c1f0eaa 100644
--- a/tooling/camel-kafka-connector-generator-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/kafkaconnector/maven/CamelKafkaConnectorKameletUpdateMojo.java
+++ b/tooling/camel-kafka-connector-generator-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/kafkaconnector/maven/CamelKafkaConnectorKameletUpdateMojo.java
@@ -253,13 +253,16 @@ private void updateConnector() throws Exception {
 
     private Set<String> getKameletDependencies(KameletModel kamelet) throws XPathExpressionException {
         Set<String> deps = new HashSet<>(kamelet.getDependencies());
-        Set<String> gavDeps = deps.stream().map(stringDep -> {
+        Set<String> gavDeps = deps.stream()
+        .filter(stringDep -> stringDep != null && !stringDep.trim().isEmpty() && !"null".equals(stringDep.trim()))
+        .map(stringDep -> {
             if (stringDep.startsWith("mvn:")) {
                 return stringDep.replaceFirst("mvn:", "");
             } else if (stringDep.startsWith("camel:")) {
                 return getMainDepGroupId() + ":" + stringDep.replaceFirst(":", "-");
             } else {
-                getLog().warn("Dependency " + stringDep + "is used as is. Might not be the intended behaviour!");
+                String length = stringDep == null ?  "the string is null value" : Integer.toString(stringDep.length());
+                getLog().warn("Dependency string: " + stringDep + " (length of the string is: " + length + ") is used as is. Might not be the intended behaviour!");
                 return stringDep;
             }
         }).collect(Collectors.toSet());
diff --git a/tooling/camel-kafka-connector-generator-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/kafkaconnector/maven/utils/YamlKameletMapper.java b/tooling/camel-kafka-connector-generator-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/kafkaconnector/maven/utils/YamlKameletMapper.java
index 6cae0513a0..5f21226270 100644
--- a/tooling/camel-kafka-connector-generator-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/kafkaconnector/maven/utils/YamlKameletMapper.java
+++ b/tooling/camel-kafka-connector-generator-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/kafkaconnector/maven/utils/YamlKameletMapper.java
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ public static KameletModel parseKameletYaml(ObjectNode kameletYamlNode) {
         km.setRequiredProperties(requiredProperties);
 
         Set<String> dependencies = new HashSet<>();
-        kameletYamlNode.at("/spec/dependencies").forEach(req -> dependencies.add(req.asText()));
+        kameletYamlNode.at("/spec/dependencies").forEach(req -> {
+            if (req != null && !req.isNull()) {
+                dependencies.add(req.asText());
+            }
+        });
         km.setDependencies(dependencies);
 
         List<KameletPropertyModel> kpms = new ArrayList<>();