diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/decoder_toml.go b/pkg/yqlib/decoder_toml.go
index 1ceb9c30..68181596 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/decoder_toml.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/decoder_toml.go
@@ -267,29 +267,32 @@ func (dec *tomlDecoder) processTable(currentNode *toml.Node) (bool, error) {
 	fullPath := dec.getFullPath(currentNode.Child())
 	log.Debug("!!!fullpath: %v", fullPath)
 
-	tableValue := dec.parser.Expression()
-	if tableValue.Kind != toml.KeyValue {
-		log.Debug("got an empty table, returning")
-		return true, nil
-	}
-
-	hasValue := dec.parser.NextExpression()
-	if !hasValue {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("error retrieving table %v value: %w", fullPath, dec.parser.Error())
-	}
-
 	tableNodeValue := &CandidateNode{
-		Kind: MappingNode,
-		Tag:  "!!map",
+		Kind:    MappingNode,
+		Tag:     "!!map",
+		Content: make([]*CandidateNode, 0),
 	}
 
-	runAgainstCurrentExp, err := dec.decodeKeyValuesIntoMap(tableNodeValue, tableValue)
-	log.Debugf("table node err: %w", err)
-	if err != nil && !errors.Is(io.EOF, err) {
-		return false, err
+	var tableValue *toml.Node
+	runAgainstCurrentExp := false
+	var err error
+	hasValue := dec.parser.NextExpression()
+	// check to see if there is any table data
+	if hasValue {
+		tableValue = dec.parser.Expression()
+		// next expression is not table data, so we are done
+		if tableValue.Kind != toml.KeyValue {
+			log.Debug("got an empty table, returning")
+			return true, nil
+		}
+
+		runAgainstCurrentExp, err = dec.decodeKeyValuesIntoMap(tableNodeValue, tableValue)
+		if err != nil && !errors.Is(io.EOF, err) {
+			return false, err
+		}
 	}
+
 	c := Context{}
-
 	c = c.SingleChildContext(dec.rootMap)
 	err = dec.d.DeeplyAssign(c, fullPath, tableNodeValue)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/doc/usage/toml.md b/pkg/yqlib/doc/usage/toml.md
index 65ed5348..72773383 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/doc/usage/toml.md
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/doc/usage/toml.md
@@ -104,3 +104,19 @@ owner:
       suburb: nice
 ```
 
+## Parse: Empty Table
+Given a sample.toml file of:
+```toml
+
+[dependencies]
+
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq -oy '.' sample.toml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+dependencies: {}
+```
+
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/toml_test.go b/pkg/yqlib/toml_test.go
index 9c594073..fcbea8a1 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/toml_test.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/toml_test.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ var emptyTable = `
 [dependencies]
 `
 
-var emptyTableExpected = `dependencies: []`
+var emptyTableExpected = "dependencies: {}\n"
 
 var sampleWithHeader = `
 [servers]
diff --git a/release_notes.txt b/release_notes.txt
index 2e3b8673..d94bc508 100644
--- a/release_notes.txt
+++ b/release_notes.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+4.40.6:
+  - Fix: empty TOML table #1924 - Thanks @elibroftw 
+  - Fixed "all" error message #1845
+  - Fixed to_entries[]
+  - Bumped dependencies
+
 4.40.5:
   - Fixing seg fault on bad XML #1888
   - Fixed handling of --- #1890, #1896