diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 948d629a8..d9346a49b 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# v0.12.4 2024-06-30
+
+* [#1453](https://github.com/mbj/mutant/pull/1454)
+
+  Fix parsing of empty rspec descriptions
+
 # v0.12.3 2024-06-10
 
 * [#1452](https://github.com/mbj/mutant/pull/1451)
@@ -5,7 +11,6 @@
   Remove support for EOL Ruby-3.0.
   Remove another invalid mutation to super().
 
-
 # v0.12.2 2024-06-09
 
 * [#1450](https://github.com/mbj/mutant/pull/1450)
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 0099f1f11..b75ba2413 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    mutant (0.12.3)
+    mutant (0.12.4)
       diff-lcs (~> 1.3)
       parser (~> 3.3.0)
       regexp_parser (~> 2.9.0)
diff --git a/lib/mutant/integration/rspec.rb b/lib/mutant/integration/rspec.rb
index b979bd944..91ebef36c 100644
--- a/lib/mutant/integration/rspec.rb
+++ b/lib/mutant/integration/rspec.rb
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ def parse_metadata(metadata)
 
           expressions.map(&method(:parse_expression))
         else
-          match = EXPRESSION_CANDIDATE.match(metadata.fetch(:full_description))
+          match = EXPRESSION_CANDIDATE.match(metadata.fetch(:full_description)) or return [ALL_EXPRESSION]
           [parse_expression(Util.one(match.captures)) { ALL_EXPRESSION }]
         end
       end
diff --git a/lib/mutant/version.rb b/lib/mutant/version.rb
index ff0426509..43309a75b 100644
--- a/lib/mutant/version.rb
+++ b/lib/mutant/version.rb
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 module Mutant
   # Current mutant version
-  VERSION = '0.12.3'
+  VERSION = '0.12.4'
 end # Mutant
diff --git a/spec/unit/mutant/integration/rspec_spec.rb b/spec/unit/mutant/integration/rspec_spec.rb
index 11e4fee69..00983472f 100644
--- a/spec/unit/mutant/integration/rspec_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/mutant/integration/rspec_spec.rb
@@ -83,11 +83,21 @@
     )
   end
 
+  let(:example_g) do
+    double(
+      'Example G',
+      metadata: {
+        location:          'example-g-location',
+        full_description:  ''
+      }
+    )
+  end
+
   let(:leaf_example_group) do
     class_double(
       RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup,
       'leaf example group',
-      examples: [example_a, example_b, example_c, example_d, example_e, example_f]
+      examples: [example_a, example_b, example_c, example_d, example_e, example_f, example_g]
     )
   end
 
@@ -147,6 +157,10 @@
       Mutant::Test.new(
         id:          'rspec:5:example-f-location/Example::F',
         expressions: [parse_expression('Foo'), parse_expression('Bar')]
+      ),
+      Mutant::Test.new(
+        id:          'rspec:6:example-g-location/',
+        expressions: [parse_expression('*')]
       )
     ]
   end
diff --git a/test_app/Gemfile.minitest.lock b/test_app/Gemfile.minitest.lock
index 2b3d7012b..d76019b70 100644
--- a/test_app/Gemfile.minitest.lock
+++ b/test_app/Gemfile.minitest.lock
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 PATH
   remote: ..
   specs:
-    mutant (0.12.3)
+    mutant (0.12.4)
       diff-lcs (~> 1.3)
       parser (~> 3.3.0)
       regexp_parser (~> 2.9.0)
       sorbet-runtime (~> 0.5.0)
       unparser (~> 0.6.14)
-    mutant-minitest (0.12.3)
+    mutant-minitest (0.12.4)
       minitest (~> 5.11)
-      mutant (= 0.12.3)
+      mutant (= 0.12.4)
 
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
diff --git a/test_app/Gemfile.rspec3.10.lock b/test_app/Gemfile.rspec3.10.lock
index 962c100f2..ba5fc1722 100644
--- a/test_app/Gemfile.rspec3.10.lock
+++ b/test_app/Gemfile.rspec3.10.lock
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 PATH
   remote: ..
   specs:
-    mutant (0.12.3)
+    mutant (0.12.4)
       diff-lcs (~> 1.3)
       parser (~> 3.3.0)
       regexp_parser (~> 2.9.0)
       sorbet-runtime (~> 0.5.0)
       unparser (~> 0.6.14)
-    mutant-rspec (0.12.3)
-      mutant (= 0.12.3)
+    mutant-rspec (0.12.4)
+      mutant (= 0.12.4)
       rspec-core (>= 3.8.0, < 4.0.0)
 
 GEM
diff --git a/test_app/Gemfile.rspec3.11.lock b/test_app/Gemfile.rspec3.11.lock
index b441444e4..cd9585d90 100644
--- a/test_app/Gemfile.rspec3.11.lock
+++ b/test_app/Gemfile.rspec3.11.lock
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 PATH
   remote: ..
   specs:
-    mutant (0.12.3)
+    mutant (0.12.4)
       diff-lcs (~> 1.3)
       parser (~> 3.3.0)
       regexp_parser (~> 2.9.0)
       sorbet-runtime (~> 0.5.0)
       unparser (~> 0.6.14)
-    mutant-rspec (0.12.3)
-      mutant (= 0.12.3)
+    mutant-rspec (0.12.4)
+      mutant (= 0.12.4)
       rspec-core (>= 3.8.0, < 4.0.0)
 
 GEM
diff --git a/test_app/Gemfile.rspec3.12.lock b/test_app/Gemfile.rspec3.12.lock
index d7472afe9..9d43e551f 100644
--- a/test_app/Gemfile.rspec3.12.lock
+++ b/test_app/Gemfile.rspec3.12.lock
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 PATH
   remote: ..
   specs:
-    mutant (0.12.3)
+    mutant (0.12.4)
       diff-lcs (~> 1.3)
       parser (~> 3.3.0)
       regexp_parser (~> 2.9.0)
       sorbet-runtime (~> 0.5.0)
       unparser (~> 0.6.14)
-    mutant-rspec (0.12.3)
-      mutant (= 0.12.3)
+    mutant-rspec (0.12.4)
+      mutant (= 0.12.4)
       rspec-core (>= 3.8.0, < 4.0.0)
 
 GEM
diff --git a/test_app/Gemfile.rspec3.13.lock b/test_app/Gemfile.rspec3.13.lock
index c7ee091d9..cea09ef1e 100644
--- a/test_app/Gemfile.rspec3.13.lock
+++ b/test_app/Gemfile.rspec3.13.lock
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 PATH
   remote: ..
   specs:
-    mutant (0.12.3)
+    mutant (0.12.4)
       diff-lcs (~> 1.3)
       parser (~> 3.3.0)
       regexp_parser (~> 2.9.0)
       sorbet-runtime (~> 0.5.0)
       unparser (~> 0.6.14)
-    mutant-rspec (0.12.3)
-      mutant (= 0.12.3)
+    mutant-rspec (0.12.4)
+      mutant (= 0.12.4)
       rspec-core (>= 3.8.0, < 4.0.0)
 
 GEM
diff --git a/test_app/Gemfile.rspec3.8.lock b/test_app/Gemfile.rspec3.8.lock
index d657b3685..13ca1b243 100644
--- a/test_app/Gemfile.rspec3.8.lock
+++ b/test_app/Gemfile.rspec3.8.lock
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 PATH
   remote: ..
   specs:
-    mutant (0.12.3)
+    mutant (0.12.4)
       diff-lcs (~> 1.3)
       parser (~> 3.3.0)
       regexp_parser (~> 2.9.0)
       sorbet-runtime (~> 0.5.0)
       unparser (~> 0.6.14)
-    mutant-rspec (0.12.3)
-      mutant (= 0.12.3)
+    mutant-rspec (0.12.4)
+      mutant (= 0.12.4)
       rspec-core (>= 3.8.0, < 4.0.0)
 
 GEM
diff --git a/test_app/Gemfile.rspec3.9.lock b/test_app/Gemfile.rspec3.9.lock
index d7472afe9..9d43e551f 100644
--- a/test_app/Gemfile.rspec3.9.lock
+++ b/test_app/Gemfile.rspec3.9.lock
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 PATH
   remote: ..
   specs:
-    mutant (0.12.3)
+    mutant (0.12.4)
       diff-lcs (~> 1.3)
       parser (~> 3.3.0)
       regexp_parser (~> 2.9.0)
       sorbet-runtime (~> 0.5.0)
       unparser (~> 0.6.14)
-    mutant-rspec (0.12.3)
-      mutant (= 0.12.3)
+    mutant-rspec (0.12.4)
+      mutant (= 0.12.4)
       rspec-core (>= 3.8.0, < 4.0.0)
 
 GEM