diff --git a/scripts/o3de/o3de/repo.py b/scripts/o3de/o3de/repo.py
index db20fe8ce9..a6b1505761 100644
--- a/scripts/o3de/o3de/repo.py
+++ b/scripts/o3de/o3de/repo.py
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ def refresh_repos() -> int:
     # set will stop circular references
     repo_set = set()
 
-    for repo_uri in json_data['repos']:
+    for repo_uri in json_data.get('repos', []):
         if repo_uri not in repo_set:
             repo_set.add(repo_uri)