diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/PoetryAnalyzer.java b/core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/PoetryAnalyzer.java
index 0d29b5f8875..678e5adea76 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/PoetryAnalyzer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/PoetryAnalyzer.java
@@ -155,6 +155,10 @@ protected void analyzeDependency(Dependency dependency, Engine engine) throws An
         }
 
         final Toml result = new Toml().read(dependency.getActualFile());
+        if (PYPROJECT_TOML.equals(dependency.getActualFile().getName()) && result.getTables("tool.poetry") == null) {
+            LOGGER.debug("skipping {} as it does not contain `tool.poetry`", dependency.getDisplayFileName());
+            return;
+        }
         final List<Toml> projectsLocks = result.getTables("package");
         if (projectsLocks == null) {
             return;