diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/gradle-inspector/src/main/kotlin/GradleInspector.kt b/plugins/package-managers/gradle-inspector/src/main/kotlin/GradleInspector.kt
index cc8f27352304f..ae1907d6482e6 100644
--- a/plugins/package-managers/gradle-inspector/src/main/kotlin/GradleInspector.kt
+++ b/plugins/package-managers/gradle-inspector/src/main/kotlin/GradleInspector.kt
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ private val GRADLE_USER_HOME = Os.env["GRADLE_USER_HOME"]?.let { File(it) } ?: O
  */
 const val OPTION_GRADLE_VERSION = "gradleVersion"
 
+/**
+ * The sha1 sum for a zero by size file.
+ */
+private const val ZERO_BYTES_FILE_SHA1 = "da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709"
+
 /**
  * The [Gradle](https://gradle.org/) package manager for Java.
  *
@@ -371,7 +376,11 @@ private fun createRemoteArtifact(
     val checksum = okHttpClient.downloadText("$artifactUrl.$algorithm")
         .getOrElse { return RemoteArtifact.EMPTY }
 
-    return RemoteArtifact(artifactUrl, parseChecksum(checksum, algorithm))
+    // Ignore file with zero byte size, because it cannot be a valid archive.
+    val hash = parseChecksum(checksum, algorithm).takeIf { it.value != ZERO_BYTES_FILE_SHA1 }
+        ?: return RemoteArtifact.EMPTY
+
+    return RemoteArtifact(artifactUrl, hash)
 }
 
 /**