diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 32cae2cba59d..c003fd8813f9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/efficientgo/core v1.0.0-rc.3
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0
 	github.com/gogo/googleapis v1.4.1
-	github.com/grafana/jsonparser v0.0.0-20240425183733-ea80629e1a32
+	github.com/grafana/jsonparser v0.0.0-20241004153430-023329977675
 	github.com/grafana/loki/pkg/push v0.0.0-20240924133635-758364c7775f
 	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.7
 	github.com/hashicorp/raft v1.7.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 00afdeb6e123..ce616ba23be6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1052,8 +1052,8 @@ github.com/grafana/gocql v0.0.0-20200605141915-ba5dc39ece85 h1:xLuzPoOzdfNb/RF/I
 github.com/grafana/gocql v0.0.0-20200605141915-ba5dc39ece85/go.mod h1:crI9WX6p0IhrqB+DqIUHulRW853PaNFf7o4UprV//3I=
 github.com/grafana/gomemcache v0.0.0-20240229205252-cd6a66d6fb56 h1:X8IKQ0wu40wpvYcKfBcc5T4QnhdQjUhtUtB/1CY89lE=
 github.com/grafana/gomemcache v0.0.0-20240229205252-cd6a66d6fb56/go.mod h1:PGk3RjYHpxMM8HFPhKKo+vve3DdlPUELZLSDEFehPuU=
-github.com/grafana/jsonparser v0.0.0-20240425183733-ea80629e1a32 h1:NznuPwItog+rwdVg8hAuGKP29ndRSzJAwhxKldkP8oQ=
-github.com/grafana/jsonparser v0.0.0-20240425183733-ea80629e1a32/go.mod h1:796sq+UcONnSlzA3RtlBZ+b/hrerkZXiEmO8oMjyRwY=
+github.com/grafana/jsonparser v0.0.0-20241004153430-023329977675 h1:U94jQ2TQr1m3HNyE8efSdyaBbDrdPaWImXyenuKZ/nw=
+github.com/grafana/jsonparser v0.0.0-20241004153430-023329977675/go.mod h1:796sq+UcONnSlzA3RtlBZ+b/hrerkZXiEmO8oMjyRwY=
 github.com/grafana/memberlist v0.3.1-0.20220714140823-09ffed8adbbe h1:yIXAAbLswn7VNWBIvM71O2QsgfgW9fRXZNR0DXe6pDU=
 github.com/grafana/memberlist v0.3.1-0.20220714140823-09ffed8adbbe/go.mod h1:MS2lj3INKhZjWNqd3N0m3J+Jxf3DAOnAH9VT3Sh9MUE=
 github.com/grafana/pyroscope-go/godeltaprof v0.1.8 h1:iwOtYXeeVSAeYefJNaxDytgjKtUuKQbJqgAIjlnicKg=
diff --git a/pkg/logql/log/parser_test.go b/pkg/logql/log/parser_test.go
index 28989b7cb5fe..fd08467af858 100644
--- a/pkg/logql/log/parser_test.go
+++ b/pkg/logql/log/parser_test.go
@@ -368,6 +368,26 @@ func TestJSONExpressionParser(t *testing.T) {
 			labels.FromStrings("param", "1"),
 			NoParserHints(),
 		},
+		{
+			"object element not present",
+			testLine,
+			[]LabelExtractionExpr{
+				NewLabelExtractionExpr("undefined", `pod[""]`),
+			},
+			labels.EmptyLabels(),
+			labels.FromStrings("undefined", ""),
+			NoParserHints(),
+		},
+		{
+			"accessing invalid array index",
+			testLine,
+			[]LabelExtractionExpr{
+				NewLabelExtractionExpr("param", `pod.deployment.params[""]`),
+			},
+			labels.EmptyLabels(),
+			labels.FromStrings("param", ""),
+			NoParserHints(),
+		},
 		{
 			"array string element",
 			testLine,
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/grafana/jsonparser/parser.go b/vendor/github.com/grafana/jsonparser/parser.go
index 5df2a463dcee..9958ab4ee531 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/grafana/jsonparser/parser.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/grafana/jsonparser/parser.go
@@ -512,10 +512,10 @@ func EachKey(data []byte, cb func(int, []byte, ValueType, error), paths ...[]str
 			}
 
 			for pi, p := range paths {
-				if len(p) < level+1 || pathFlags[pi] || p[level][0] != '[' || !sameTree(p, pathsBuf[:level]) {
+				if len(p) < level+1 || pathFlags[pi] || p[level] == "" || p[level][0] != '[' || !sameTree(p, pathsBuf[:level]) {
 					continue
 				}
-				if len(p[level]) >= 2 {
+				if len(p[level]) > 2 {
 					aIdx, _ := strconv.Atoi(p[level][1 : len(p[level])-1])
 					arrIdxFlags[aIdx] = x
 					pIdxFlags[pi] = true
@@ -712,12 +712,10 @@ func WriteToBuffer(buffer []byte, str string) int {
 }
 
 /*
-
 Del - Receives existing data structure, path to delete.
 
 Returns:
 `data` - return modified data
-
 */
 func Delete(data []byte, keys ...string) []byte {
 	lk := len(keys)
@@ -798,13 +796,11 @@ func Delete(data []byte, keys ...string) []byte {
 }
 
 /*
-
 Set - Receives existing data structure, path to set, and data to set at that key.
 
 Returns:
 `value` - modified byte array
 `err` - On any parsing error
-
 */
 func Set(data []byte, setValue []byte, keys ...string) (value []byte, err error) {
 	// ensure keys are set
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 4e50c0c98bde..bc92b7462c8e 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ github.com/grafana/go-gelf/v2/gelf
 # github.com/grafana/gomemcache v0.0.0-20240229205252-cd6a66d6fb56
 ## explicit; go 1.18
 github.com/grafana/gomemcache/memcache
-# github.com/grafana/jsonparser v0.0.0-20240425183733-ea80629e1a32
+# github.com/grafana/jsonparser v0.0.0-20241004153430-023329977675
 ## explicit; go 1.13
 github.com/grafana/jsonparser
 # github.com/grafana/loki/pkg/push v0.0.0-20240924133635-758364c7775f => ./pkg/push