diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 98b3f53653..0ef978b087 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ v35.4.0 (unreleased)
 - Add a Resources tree view.
   https://github.com/aboutcode-org/scancode.io/issues/1682
 
+- Improve CycloneDX SBOM support.
+  * Upgrade the cyclonedx-python-lib to 11.0.0
+  * Fix the validate_document following library upgrade.
+  * Add support when the "components" entry is missing.
+  https://github.com/aboutcode-org/scancode.io/issues/1727
+
 v35.3.0 (2025-08-20)
 --------------------
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 41fcc1d28c..94ae1b1deb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ dependencies = [
   # Profiling
   "pyinstrument==5.1.1",
   # CycloneDX
-  "cyclonedx-python-lib==10.2.0",
-  "jsonschema==4.24.0",
+  "cyclonedx-python-lib==11.0.0",
+  "jsonschema==4.25.1",
   # MatchCode-toolkit
   "matchcode-toolkit==7.2.2",
   # Univers
diff --git a/scanpipe/pipes/cyclonedx.py b/scanpipe/pipes/cyclonedx.py
index f6837404b5..bba33e18bb 100644
--- a/scanpipe/pipes/cyclonedx.py
+++ b/scanpipe/pipes/cyclonedx.py
@@ -123,7 +123,10 @@ def validate_document(document):
     The validator is loaded from the document specVersion property.
     """
     if isinstance(document, str):
+        document_str = document
         document = json.loads(document)
+    else:
+        document_str = json.dumps(document)
 
     spec_version = document.get("specVersion")
     if not spec_version:
@@ -132,7 +135,8 @@ def validate_document(document):
     schema_version = SchemaVersion.from_version(spec_version)
 
     json_validator = JsonStrictValidator(schema_version)
-    return json_validator._validata_data(document)
+    json_validation_errors = json_validator.validate_str(document_str)
+    return json_validation_errors
 
 
 def is_cyclonedx_bom(input_location):
@@ -281,7 +285,7 @@ def is_empty(value):
         elif isinstance(value, list) and not any(value):
             return True
 
-    for component in cyclonedx_document_json["components"]:
+    for component in cyclonedx_document_json.get("components", []):
         for property_name, property_value in component.items():
             if is_empty(property_value) or property_name in ignored_properties:
                 entries_to_delete.append((component, property_name))
diff --git a/scanpipe/tests/data/cyclonedx/missing_components.json b/scanpipe/tests/data/cyclonedx/missing_components.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab57f7571f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scanpipe/tests/data/cyclonedx/missing_components.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "http://cyclonedx.org/schema/bom-1.6.schema.json",
+  "bomFormat": "CycloneDX",
+  "specVersion": "1.6",
+  "serialNumber": "urn:uuid:b74fe5df-e965-415e-ba65-f38421a0695d",
+  "version": 1,
+  "metadata": {
+    "component": {
+      "bom-ref": "804c3391-e6f9-415f-bb7a-cb6653853a46",
+      "name": "name",
+      "type": "library"
+    },
+    "timestamp": "2024-03-07T17:05:37.329061+00:00",
+    "tools": [
+      {
+        "name": "ScanCode.io",
+        "version": "0.0.0"
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scanpipe/tests/pipes/test_cyclonedx.py b/scanpipe/tests/pipes/test_cyclonedx.py
index 27ddecc5b2..4687099793 100644
--- a/scanpipe/tests/pipes/test_cyclonedx.py
+++ b/scanpipe/tests/pipes/test_cyclonedx.py
@@ -270,6 +270,11 @@ def test_scanpipe_cyclonedx_resolve_cyclonedx_packages_pre_validation(self):
         expected = [{"name": "asgiref", "package_uid": "pkg:pypi/asgiref@3.3.0"}]
         self.assertEqual(expected, package_data)
 
+    def test_scanpipe_cyclonedx_resolve_cyclonedx_packages_missing_components(self):
+        input_location = self.data / "missing_components.json"
+        package_data = cyclonedx.resolve_cyclonedx_packages(input_location)
+        self.assertEqual([], package_data)
+
     def test_scanpipe_cyclonedx_cleanup_components_properties(self):
         cyclonedx_document_json = {
             "components": [