diff --git a/plugins/reporters/cyclonedx/src/main/kotlin/CycloneDxReporter.kt b/plugins/reporters/cyclonedx/src/main/kotlin/CycloneDxReporter.kt
index a0deb08d80897..7bbb2d995694b 100644
--- a/plugins/reporters/cyclonedx/src/main/kotlin/CycloneDxReporter.kt
+++ b/plugins/reporters/cyclonedx/src/main/kotlin/CycloneDxReporter.kt
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import java.util.Date
 import java.util.SortedSet
 import java.util.UUID
 
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.kotlin.logger
+
 import org.cyclonedx.Version
 import org.cyclonedx.generators.BomGeneratorFactory
 import org.cyclonedx.model.AttachmentText
@@ -368,37 +370,41 @@ class CycloneDxReporter : Reporter {
         outputFileExtensions.forEach { fileExtension ->
             val outputFile = outputDir.resolve("$outputName.$fileExtension")
 
-            val bomGenerator = when (fileExtension) {
-                "xml" -> BomGeneratorFactory.createXml(schemaVersion, bom).toXmlString()
-                "json" -> {
-                    // JSON output cannot handle extensible types (see [1]), so simply remove them. As JSON output is
-                    // guaranteed to be the last format serialized, it is okay to modify the BOM here without doing a
-                    // deep copy first.
-                    //
-                    // [1] https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/issues/99.
-                    val bomWithoutExtensibleTypes = bom.apply {
-                        components.forEach { component ->
-                            // Clear the "dependencyType".
-                            component.extensibleTypes = null
-
-                            component.licenses.licenses.forEach { license ->
-                                // Clear the "origin".
-                                license.extensibleTypes = null
+            runCatching {
+                val bomGenerator = when (fileExtension) {
+                    "xml" -> BomGeneratorFactory.createXml(schemaVersion, bom).toXmlString()
+                    "json" -> {
+                        // JSON output cannot handle extensible types (see [1]), so simply remove them. As JSON output
+                        // is guaranteed to be the last format serialized, it is okay to modify the BOM here without
+                        // doing a deep copy first.
+                        //
+                        // [1] https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/issues/99.
+                        val bomWithoutExtensibleTypes = bom.apply {
+                            components.forEach { component ->
+                                // Clear the "dependencyType".
+                                component.extensibleTypes = null
+
+                                component.licenses.licenses.forEach { license ->
+                                    // Clear the "origin".
+                                    license.extensibleTypes = null
+                                }
+
+                                // Remove duplicates that may occur due to clearing the distinguishing extensive type.
+                                component.licenses.licenses = component.licenses.licenses.distinct()
                             }
-
-                            // Remove duplicates that may occur due to clearing the distinguishing extensive type.
-                            component.licenses.licenses = component.licenses.licenses.distinct()
                         }
+
+                        BomGeneratorFactory.createJson(schemaVersion, bomWithoutExtensibleTypes).toJsonString()
                     }
 
-                    BomGeneratorFactory.createJson(schemaVersion, bomWithoutExtensibleTypes).toJsonString()
+                    else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported CycloneDX file extension '$fileExtension'.")
                 }
 
-                else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported CycloneDX file extension '$fileExtension'.")
+                outputFile.bufferedWriter().use { it.write(bomGenerator) }
+                writtenFiles += outputFile
+            }.onFailure {
+                logger.error("Unable to create CycloneDX report: ", it)
             }
-
-            outputFile.bufferedWriter().use { it.write(bomGenerator) }
-            writtenFiles += outputFile
         }
 
         return writtenFiles