diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8097b465523..38fc88e7412 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/anchore/go-testutils v0.0.0-20200925183923-d5f45b0d3c04
 	github.com/anchore/go-version v1.2.2-0.20210903204242-51efa5b487c4
 	github.com/anchore/packageurl-go v0.0.0-20210922164639-b3fa992ebd29
-	github.com/anchore/stereoscope v0.0.0-20220209180455-403dd709a3fb
-	github.com/anchore/syft v0.37.11-0.20220210211800-220f3a24fdf5
+	github.com/anchore/stereoscope v0.0.0-20220214165125-25ebd49a842b
+	github.com/anchore/syft v0.38.0
 	github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar/v2 v2.0.4
 	github.com/docker/docker v20.10.12+incompatible
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 80a15e7f40f..d72605f5903 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -127,11 +127,10 @@ github.com/anchore/go-version v1.2.2-0.20210903204242-51efa5b487c4 h1:rmZG77uXgE
 github.com/anchore/go-version v1.2.2-0.20210903204242-51efa5b487c4/go.mod h1:Bkc+JYWjMCF8OyZ340IMSIi2Ebf3uwByOk6ho4wne1E=
 github.com/anchore/packageurl-go v0.0.0-20210922164639-b3fa992ebd29 h1:K9LfnxwhqvihqU0+MF325FNy7fsKV9EGaUxdfR4gnWk=
 github.com/anchore/packageurl-go v0.0.0-20210922164639-b3fa992ebd29/go.mod h1:Oc1UkGaJwY6ND6vtAqPSlYrptKRJngHwkwB6W7l1uP0=
-github.com/anchore/stereoscope v0.0.0-20220209160132-2e595043fa19/go.mod h1:QpDHHV2h1NNfu7klzU75XC8RvSlaPK6HHgi0dy8A6sk=
-github.com/anchore/stereoscope v0.0.0-20220209180455-403dd709a3fb h1:yicFaC7dVBS4uYvU7sxsnEVi/2rndM0axZUgfhx+1qs=
-github.com/anchore/stereoscope v0.0.0-20220209180455-403dd709a3fb/go.mod h1:QpDHHV2h1NNfu7klzU75XC8RvSlaPK6HHgi0dy8A6sk=
-github.com/anchore/syft v0.37.11-0.20220210211800-220f3a24fdf5 h1:GLShI62a8Y5pW+SIWnwsoXC4szWIj98rzwzEurKem84=
-github.com/anchore/syft v0.37.11-0.20220210211800-220f3a24fdf5/go.mod h1:vjP8jxwgvL91DxhkoEH8GgEIUCumuPOuZuS/DWeYy0s=
+github.com/anchore/stereoscope v0.0.0-20220214165125-25ebd49a842b h1:PMMXpTEHVVLErrXQ6mH9ocLAQyvQu/LUhdstrhx7AC4=
+github.com/anchore/stereoscope v0.0.0-20220214165125-25ebd49a842b/go.mod h1:QpDHHV2h1NNfu7klzU75XC8RvSlaPK6HHgi0dy8A6sk=
+github.com/anchore/syft v0.38.0 h1:MU8M/7Vk5Ksp8osH/42S/dp4izPGr9u686Gqhple59Q=
+github.com/anchore/syft v0.38.0/go.mod h1:mFaFcz22KWOHo/3SOkcpNJBRFe0IivyDXyA6hGUGbWk=
 github.com/andreyvit/diff v0.0.0-20170406064948-c7f18ee00883 h1:bvNMNQO63//z+xNgfBlViaCIJKLlCJ6/fmUseuG0wVQ=
 github.com/andreyvit/diff v0.0.0-20170406064948-c7f18ee00883/go.mod h1:rCTlJbsFo29Kk6CurOXKm700vrz8f0KW0JNfpkRJY/8=
 github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.1/go.mod h1:loMXtMfwqflxFJPmdbJO0a3KNoPuLBgiu3qAvBg8x/Y=
diff --git a/grype/presenter/models/source.go b/grype/presenter/models/source.go
index 2694db70c61..8648770c40d 100644
--- a/grype/presenter/models/source.go
+++ b/grype/presenter/models/source.go
@@ -15,9 +15,18 @@ type source struct {
 func newSource(src syftSource.Metadata) (source, error) {
 	switch src.Scheme {
 	case syftSource.ImageScheme:
+		metadata := src.ImageMetadata
+		// ensure that empty collections are not shown as null
+		if metadata.RepoDigests == nil {
+			metadata.RepoDigests = []string{}
+		}
+		if metadata.Tags == nil {
+			metadata.Tags = []string{}
+		}
+
 		return source{
 			Type:   "image",
-			Target: src.ImageMetadata,
+			Target: metadata,
 		}, nil
 	case syftSource.DirectoryScheme:
 		return source{
diff --git a/grype/presenter/models/source_test.go b/grype/presenter/models/source_test.go
index e5d9ff6f5d9..3f9c846b1fe 100644
--- a/grype/presenter/models/source_test.go
+++ b/grype/presenter/models/source_test.go
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ func TestNewSource(t *testing.T) {
 					ID:             "def",
 					ManifestDigest: "abcdef",
 					Size:           100,
+					RepoDigests:    []string{},
+					Tags:           []string{},
 				},
 			},
 		},