diff --git a/src/LCT.Common/FileOperations.cs b/src/LCT.Common/FileOperations.cs
index 3641d7bf..a3ed559f 100644
--- a/src/LCT.Common/FileOperations.cs
+++ b/src/LCT.Common/FileOperations.cs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public Bom CombineComponentsFromExistingBOM(Bom components, string filePath)
 
                     comparisonData.Components = comparisonData.Components?.GroupBy(x => new { x.Name, x.Version }).Select(y => y.First()).ToList();
 
-                    if (comparisonData.Dependencies.Count > 0)
+                    if (comparisonData.Dependencies != null && comparisonData.Dependencies.Count > 0)
                     {
                         comparisonData.Dependencies.AddRange(components.Dependencies);
                     }
diff --git a/src/LCT.Common/FileParser.cs b/src/LCT.Common/FileParser.cs
index e84876c5..005f23ab 100644
--- a/src/LCT.Common/FileParser.cs
+++ b/src/LCT.Common/FileParser.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public TomlTable ParseTomlFile(string filePath)
                 table = TOML.Parse(reader);
                 return table;
             }
-            catch(Exception ex)
+            catch(TomlParseException)
             {
                 return new TomlTable();
             }
diff --git a/src/LCT.PackageIdentifier/ConanProcessor.cs b/src/LCT.PackageIdentifier/ConanProcessor.cs
index 04065bfd..02f6b873 100644
--- a/src/LCT.PackageIdentifier/ConanProcessor.cs
+++ b/src/LCT.PackageIdentifier/ConanProcessor.cs
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ private static void GetDependecyDetails(List<Component> componentsForBOM, List<C
         private static void GetPackagesForBom(ref List<Component> lstComponentForBOM, ref int noOfDevDependent, List<ConanPackage> nodePackages)
         {
             var rootNode = nodePackages.FirstOrDefault();
-            if (!rootNode.Dependencies.Any() || rootNode.Dependencies == null)
+            if (rootNode != null && (!rootNode.Dependencies.Any() || rootNode.Dependencies == null))
             {
                 throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(nodePackages), "Dependency(requires) node name details not present in the root node.");
             }
diff --git a/src/LCT.PackageIdentifier/NugetDevDependencyParser.cs b/src/LCT.PackageIdentifier/NugetDevDependencyParser.cs
index dc43d67c..17caa57f 100644
--- a/src/LCT.PackageIdentifier/NugetDevDependencyParser.cs
+++ b/src/LCT.PackageIdentifier/NugetDevDependencyParser.cs
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ public static NugetDevDependencyParser Instance
             }
         }
 
+#pragma warning disable CA1822 // Mark members as static
         public List<Container> Parse(string configFile)
+#pragma warning restore CA1822 // Mark members as static
         {
             List<Container> containerList = new();