diff --git a/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/JarAnalyzer.java b/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/JarAnalyzer.java
index 139d6b4ee..7b7c2f97d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/JarAnalyzer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/JarAnalyzer.java
@@ -364,6 +364,9 @@ public class JarAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer implements Analyzer {
      */
     private boolean setPomEvidence(Dependency dependency, Model pom, Properties pomProperties) {
         boolean foundSomething = false;
+        if (pom == null) {
+            return foundSomething;
+        }
         //group id
         final String groupid = interpolateString(pom.getGroupId(), pomProperties);
         if (groupid != null) {
@@ -599,7 +602,7 @@ public class JarAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer implements Analyzer {
                         && !dependency.getFileName().toLowerCase().endsWith("-javadoc.jar")
                         && !dependency.getFileName().toLowerCase().endsWith("-src.jar")
                         && !dependency.getFileName().toLowerCase().endsWith("-doc.jar")) {
-                    Logger.getLogger(JarAnalyzer.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE,
+                    Logger.getLogger(JarAnalyzer.class.getName()).log(Level.INFO,
                             String.format("Jar file '%s' does not contain a manifest.",
                             dependency.getFileName()));
                 }