diff --git a/Source/Parse/ID3TagVersionParser.swift b/Source/Parse/ID3TagVersionParser.swift
index b5557cc3..3a1c674f 100644
--- a/Source/Parse/ID3TagVersionParser.swift
+++ b/Source/Parse/ID3TagVersionParser.swift
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ class ID3TagVersionParser: TagVersionParser {
     }
 
     private func tryToGetVersionFrom(mp3: Data) -> ID3Version? {
+        guard mp3.count > versionBytesOffset else { return nil }
+
         let version = [UInt8](mp3)[versionBytesOffset]
         return ID3Version(rawValue: version)
     }
diff --git a/Tests/Parse/ID3TagVersionParserTest.swift b/Tests/Parse/ID3TagVersionParserTest.swift
index 6f440de1..d112c314 100644
--- a/Tests/Parse/ID3TagVersionParserTest.swift
+++ b/Tests/Parse/ID3TagVersionParserTest.swift
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ class ID3TagVersionParserTest: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertEqual(.version3, id3VersionParser.parse(mp3: mp3WithV2Tag))
     }
 
+    func testShortData() throws {
+        let shortData = Data(capacity: 2)
+        XCTAssertEqual(.version3, id3VersionParser.parse(mp3: shortData))
+    }
+
     func testDefaultVersion() throws {
         let mp3WithV2Tag = try Data(
             contentsOf: URL(fileURLWithPath: PathLoader().pathFor(name: "example-to-be-modified", fileType: "mp3"))