diff --git a/text/context.go b/text/context.go
index 388d6a436e1b..a0f304ba7171 100644
--- a/text/context.go
+++ b/text/context.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 func context(ctx map[string]any) []byte {
 	if len(ctx) == 0 {
-		return []byte("{}")
+		panic("context must not be empty")
 	}
 	res, err := json.Marshal(ctx)
 	if err != nil {