diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3f7dc9a2..186f05c9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -17,17 +17,6 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f26201604c87b1e01bd3d98f8d5d9a8fcbb815e8cedb41ffccbeb4bf593a35fe"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ahash"
-version = "0.7.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fcb51a0695d8f838b1ee009b3fbf66bda078cd64590202a864a8f3e8c4315c47"
-dependencies = [
- "getrandom",
- "once_cell",
- "version_check",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "aho-corasick"
 version = "0.7.20"
@@ -406,6 +395,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.45.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "const-random"
+version = "0.1.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "368a7a772ead6ce7e1de82bfb04c485f3db8ec744f72925af5735e29a22cc18e"
+dependencies = [
+ "const-random-macro",
+ "proc-macro-hack",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "const-random-macro"
+version = "0.1.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9d7d6ab3c3a2282db210df5f02c4dab6e0a7057af0fb7ebd4070f30fe05c0ddb"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom",
+ "once_cell",
+ "proc-macro-hack",
+ "tiny-keccak",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "core-foundation-sys"
 version = "0.8.4"
@@ -439,6 +450,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crunchy"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7a81dae078cea95a014a339291cec439d2f232ebe854a9d672b796c6afafa9b7"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crypto-common"
 version = "0.1.6"
@@ -513,9 +530,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dlv-list"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0688c2a7f92e427f44895cd63841bff7b29f8d7a1648b9e7e07a4a365b2e1257"
+checksum = "d529fd73d344663edfd598ccb3f344e46034db51ebd103518eae34338248ad73"
+dependencies = [
+ "const-random",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "either"
@@ -814,9 +834,12 @@ name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.12.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8a9ee70c43aaf417c914396645a0fa852624801b24ebb7ae78fe8272889ac888"
-dependencies = [
- "ahash",
-]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hashbrown"
+version = "0.13.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "43a3c133739dddd0d2990f9a4bdf8eb4b21ef50e4851ca85ab661199821d510e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
@@ -980,7 +1003,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bd070e393353796e801d209ad339e89596eb4c8d430d18ede6a1cced8fafbd99"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
- "hashbrown",
+ "hashbrown 0.12.3",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1291,12 +1314,12 @@ checksum = "9670a07f94779e00908f3e686eab508878ebb390ba6e604d3a284c00e8d0487b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ordered-multimap"
-version = "0.4.3"
+version = "0.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ccd746e37177e1711c20dd619a1620f34f5c8b569c53590a72dedd5344d8924a"
+checksum = "4ed8acf08e98e744e5384c8bc63ceb0364e68a6854187221c18df61c4797690e"
 dependencies = [
  "dlv-list",
- "hashbrown",
+ "hashbrown 0.13.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1420,6 +1443,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "version_check",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro-hack"
+version = "0.5.20+deprecated"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dc375e1527247fe1a97d8b7156678dfe7c1af2fc075c9a4db3690ecd2a148068"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.63"
@@ -1612,9 +1641,9 @@ checksum = "b833d8d034ea094b1ea68aa6d5c740e0d04bad9d16568d08ba6f76823a114316"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rust-ini"
-version = "0.18.0"
+version = "0.19.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f6d5f2436026b4f6e79dc829837d467cc7e9a55ee40e750d716713540715a2df"
+checksum = "7e2a3bcec1f113553ef1c88aae6c020a369d03d55b58de9869a0908930385091"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "ordered-multimap",
@@ -2042,6 +2071,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "time-core",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tiny-keccak"
+version = "2.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2c9d3793400a45f954c52e73d068316d76b6f4e36977e3fcebb13a2721e80237"
+dependencies = [
+ "crunchy",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tinyvec"
 version = "1.6.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f0e49eef..f6915c52 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ depends = "$auto,git"
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 libc = "~0.2"
 nix = "~0.24"
-rust-ini = "~0.18"
+rust-ini = "~0.19"
 self_update_crate = { version = "~0.30", default-features = false, optional = true, package = "self_update", features = ["archive-tar", "compression-flate2", "rustls"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 13878721..96819f60 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ pub enum TopgradeError {
     #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
     UnknownLinuxDistribution,
 
+    #[error("File \"/etc/os-release\" does not exist or is empty")]
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    EmptyOSReleaseFile,
+
     #[error("Failed getting the system package manager")]
     #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
     FailedGettingPackageManager,
diff --git a/src/steps/os/linux.rs b/src/steps/os/linux.rs
index 90a9620a..883aab9f 100644
--- a/src/steps/os/linux.rs
+++ b/src/steps/os/linux.rs
@@ -114,10 +114,14 @@ impl Distribution {
         if PathBuf::from(OS_RELEASE_PATH).exists() {
             let os_release = Ini::load_from_file(OS_RELEASE_PATH)?;
 
+            if os_release.general_section().is_empty() {
+                return Err(TopgradeError::EmptyOSReleaseFile.into());
+            }
+
             return Self::parse_os_release(&os_release);
         }
 
-        Err(TopgradeError::UnknownLinuxDistribution.into())
+        Err(TopgradeError::EmptyOSReleaseFile.into())
     }
 
     pub fn upgrade(self, ctx: &ExecutionContext) -> Result<()> {