diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/AbstractUpdate.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/AbstractUpdate.java
index fb0e487df..e7211e512 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/AbstractUpdate.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/AbstractUpdate.java
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractUpdate {
     protected CpeIndexWriter cpeIndex = null;
 
     public AbstractUpdate() throws MalformedURLException, DownloadFailedException, UpdateException {
+        this.properties = new DataStoreMetaInfo();
         this.updateable = updatesNeeded();
     }