diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/swift/parse_package_resolved.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/swift/parse_package_resolved.go
index abead252b9f8..2fb99b8982f3 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/swift/parse_package_resolved.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/swift/parse_package_resolved.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/log"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/artifact"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/file"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg"
@@ -67,7 +68,17 @@ func parsePackageResolved(_ file.Resolver, _ *generic.Environment, reader file.L
 		}
 	}
 
-	var pins, err = pinsForVersion(packageResolvedData, packageResolvedData["version"].(float64))
+	if packageResolvedData["version"] == nil {
+		log.Trace("no version found in Package.resolved file, skipping")
+		return nil, nil, nil
+	}
+
+	version, ok := packageResolvedData["version"].(float64)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse Package.resolved file: version is not a number")
+	}
+
+	var pins, err = pinsForVersion(packageResolvedData, version)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/swift/parse_package_resolved_test.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/swift/parse_package_resolved_test.go
index 25d7c3a87d7a..9f0c8fd4c54a 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/swift/parse_package_resolved_test.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/swift/parse_package_resolved_test.go
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 package swift
 
 import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/artifact"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/file"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg"
@@ -80,3 +84,24 @@ func TestParsePackageResolved(t *testing.T) {
 
 	pkgtest.TestFileParser(t, fixture, parsePackageResolved, expectedPkgs, expectedRelationships)
 }
+
+func TestParsePackageResolved_empty(t *testing.T) {
+	// regression for https://github.com/anchore/syft/issues/2225
+	fixture := "test-fixtures/empty-packages.resolved"
+
+	pkgtest.TestFileParser(t, fixture, parsePackageResolved, nil, nil)
+
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	fixture = filepath.Join(dir, "Package.resolved")
+	_, err := os.Create(fixture)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	pkgtest.TestFileParser(t, fixture, parsePackageResolved, nil, nil)
+}
+
+func TestParsePackageResolved_versionNotANumber(t *testing.T) {
+	// regression for https://github.com/anchore/syft/issues/2225
+	fixture := "test-fixtures/bad-version-packages.resolved"
+
+	pkgtest.NewCatalogTester().FromFile(t, fixture).WithError().TestParser(t, parsePackageResolved)
+}
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/swift/test-fixtures/bad-version-packages.resolved b/syft/pkg/cataloger/swift/test-fixtures/bad-version-packages.resolved
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..72e8a5721911
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/swift/test-fixtures/bad-version-packages.resolved
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "version" : "2"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/swift/test-fixtures/empty-packages.resolved b/syft/pkg/cataloger/swift/test-fixtures/empty-packages.resolved
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9e26dfeeb6e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/swift/test-fixtures/empty-packages.resolved
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}
\ No newline at end of file