diff --git a/pkg/record_use/CHANGELOG.md b/pkg/record_use/CHANGELOG.md
index ca6b75d6f18..e0d7d562c4a 100644
--- a/pkg/record_use/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/pkg/record_use/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.4.2
+
+- Fix empty instance parsing.
+
 ## 0.4.1
 
 - Fix bug in signature parsing.
diff --git a/pkg/record_use/lib/src/constant.dart b/pkg/record_use/lib/src/constant.dart
index 81e0dfd6bb3..e86f5595f12 100644
--- a/pkg/record_use/lib/src/constant.dart
+++ b/pkg/record_use/lib/src/constant.dart
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ sealed class Constant {
       ),
     ),
     InstanceConstant._type => InstanceConstant(
-      fields: (value[_valueKey] as Map<String, Object?>).map(
+      fields: (value[_valueKey] as Map<String, Object?>? ?? {}).map(
         (key, value) => MapEntry(key, constants[value as int]),
       ),
     ),
diff --git a/pkg/record_use/pubspec.yaml b/pkg/record_use/pubspec.yaml
index c42244111a3..d7c093fc8f4 100644
--- a/pkg/record_use/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pkg/record_use/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: record_use
 description: >
   The serialization logic and API for the usage recording SDK feature.
-version: 0.4.1
+version: 0.4.2
 repository: https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/tree/main/pkg/record_use
 
 environment:
diff --git a/pkg/record_use/test/test_data.dart b/pkg/record_use/test/test_data.dart
index c1aae17c3cc..42171c2763e 100644
--- a/pkg/record_use/test/test_data.dart
+++ b/pkg/record_use/test/test_data.dart
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ final recordedUses = Recordings(
         loadingUnit: '3',
         location: Location(uri: 'lib/test3.dart'),
       ),
+      const InstanceReference(
+        instanceConstant: InstanceConstant(fields: {}),
+        loadingUnit: '3',
+        location: Location(uri: 'lib/test3.dart'),
+      ),
     ],
   },
 );
@@ -181,6 +186,9 @@ final recordedUsesJson = '''{
         "a": 13,
         "b": 14
       }
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "Instance"
     }
   ],
   "locations": [
@@ -243,6 +251,11 @@ final recordedUsesJson = '''{
           "constant_index": 15,
           "loading_unit": "3",
           "@": 2
+        },
+        {
+          "constant_index": 16,
+          "loading_unit": "3",
+          "@": 2
         }
       ]
     }