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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[PACKAGE]: ../../raw/master/mkp/bgp_peer-2.3.0-20250329.mkp "bgp_peer-2.3.0-20250329.mkp"
+[PACKAGE]: ../../raw/master/mkp/bgp_peer-2.3.1-20250403.mkp "bgp_peer-2.3.1-20250403.mkp"
 # BGP Peer
 
 Check plugin to monitor the status of BGP peers and inventory plugin for static BGP peer data.
diff --git a/mkp/bgp_peer-2.3.1-20250403.mkp b/mkp/bgp_peer-2.3.1-20250403.mkp
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diff --git a/source/cmk_addons_plugins/bgp_peer/agent_based/bgp_peer.py b/source/cmk_addons_plugins/bgp_peer/agent_based/bgp_peer.py
index e2f29fec27e9599df2c56015f8315c450a640aed..e8200fbccd3e989c946db70b48f1ce14e48fb67a 100644
--- a/source/cmk_addons_plugins/bgp_peer/agent_based/bgp_peer.py
+++ b/source/cmk_addons_plugins/bgp_peer/agent_based/bgp_peer.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 # 2024-06-07: fixed crash on configured state mapping
 # 2024-12-20: added local address/as/identifier for bgp_topology
 # 2025-03-29: refactored for ruleset APIv1
+# 2025-04-03: fixed crash on empty alias list in params
 
 # Example Agent Output:
 # BGP4-MIB
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ def _rewrite_ruleset_needed(params: dict) -> bool:
                     if key in '123456':
                         return True
             case 'peer_list':
-                if isinstance(value[0], tuple):
+                if value and isinstance(value[0], tuple):
                     return True
     return False
 
diff --git a/source/packages/bgp_peer b/source/packages/bgp_peer
index a8979990117c3c59074a41280efcf6eb2ca52e14..754cb1b167039aea50d677f2d74b2795db482b05 100644
--- a/source/packages/bgp_peer
+++ b/source/packages/bgp_peer
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
            'web': ['plugins/views/inv_bgp_peer.py']},
  'name': 'bgp_peer',
  'title': 'BGP Peer',
- 'version': '2.3.0-20250329',
+ 'version': '2.3.1-20250403',
  'version.min_required': '2.3.0b1',
  'version.packaged': 'cmk-mkp-tool 0.2.0',
  'version.usable_until': '2.5.0b1'}