diff --git a/app/components/Package/TableRow.vue b/app/components/Package/TableRow.vue
index 267b7f1b91..cb9f5f300c 100644
--- a/app/components/Package/TableRow.vue
+++ b/app/components/Package/TableRow.vue
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ const allMaintainersText = computed(() => {
       v-if="isColumnVisible('description')"
       class="py-2 px-3 text-sm text-fg-muted max-w-xs truncate"
     >
-      {{ stripHtmlTags(decodeHtmlEntities(pkg.description || '-')) }}
+      {{ stripHtmlTags(decodeHtmlEntities(pkg.description || '')) || '-' }}
     </td>
 
     <!-- Downloads -->