1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/dependency_linker/json_linker.rb b/lib/gitlab/dependency_linker/json_linker.rb
index 86dc7efb0d9..15c17132283 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/dependency_linker/json_linker.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/dependency_linker/json_linker.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ module Gitlab
       end
 
       def json
-        @json ||= Gitlab::Json.parse(plain_text) rescue nil
+        @json ||= begin
+          Gitlab::Json.parse(plain_text)
+        rescue StandardError
+          nil
+        end
       end
     end
   end