diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index f82018015..cd178262b 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 plugins {
-    id 'com.gradle.enterprise' version '3.1.1'
+    id 'com.gradle.enterprise' version '3.11.1'
 }
 
 rootProject.name = 'shadow'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ShadowExtension.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ShadowExtension.groovy
index 22ff62f80..f69425c74 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ShadowExtension.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ShadowExtension.groovy
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ class ShadowExtension {
 
         publication.pom { MavenPom pom ->
             pom.withXml { xml ->
-                def dependenciesNode = xml.asNode().get('dependencies')?.get(0) ?: xml.asNode().appendNode('dependencies')
-                dependenciesNode.value = ""
+                def dependenciesNode = xml.asNode().appendNode('dependencies')
                 project.configurations.shadow.allDependencies.each {
                     if ((it instanceof ProjectDependency) || ! (it instanceof SelfResolvingDependency)) {
                         def dependencyNode = dependenciesNode.appendNode('dependency')