diff --git a/src/rules/spec/githubActions/component.ts b/src/rules/spec/githubActions/component.ts
index a28bffc2..32beca4b 100644
--- a/src/rules/spec/githubActions/component.ts
+++ b/src/rules/spec/githubActions/component.ts
@@ -50,9 +50,15 @@ export const detectGithubActionsComponent: ComponentMatcher = async (
       continue;
     }
 
-    const parsed: GitHubActionsFile = parse(content, {});
-    if (!parsed?.jobs) {
-      l.warn('Failed to parse GitHub Actions file', file.fp);
+    let parsed: GitHubActionsFile;
+    try {
+      parsed = parse(content, {});
+      if (!parsed?.jobs) {
+        l.warn('No jobs in GitHub Actions', file.fp);
+        return false;
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      l.warn('Failed to parse', file.fp, err);
       return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/__fixtures__/.github/workflows/invalid.yml b/tests/__fixtures__/.github/workflows/invalid.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..948d8363
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/__fixtures__/.github/workflows/invalid.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{{{{raw}}}}
+name: Audit
+{{{{/raw}}}}