diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/nu/nuget-to-json/nuget-to-json.sh b/pkgs/by-name/nu/nuget-to-json/nuget-to-json.sh
index ff29f414d5b9..b2b051398b25 100755
--- a/pkgs/by-name/nu/nuget-to-json/nuget-to-json.sh
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/nu/nuget-to-json/nuget-to-json.sh
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ done
             fi
 
             # packages in the nix store should have an empty metadata file
-            used_source="$(jq -r '.source // ""' "$version"/.nupkg.metadata)"
+            used_source="$(jq -r 'if has("source") then .source else "" end' "$version"/.nupkg.metadata)"
             found=false
 
             if [[ -z "$used_source" || -d "$used_source" ]]; then