diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/deb/parse_dpkg_status_test.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/deb/parse_dpkg_status_test.go
index e0b53d6ee..f61b23058 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/deb/parse_dpkg_status_test.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/deb/parse_dpkg_status_test.go
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ func TestMultiplePackages(t *testing.T) {
 					Architecture:  "all",
 					InstalledSize: 3036,
 					Maintainer:    "GNU Libc Maintainers <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>",
+					Files:         []pkg.DpkgFileRecord{},
 				},
 				{
 					Package:       "util-linux",