diff --git a/dist/action.mjs b/dist/action.mjs
index 4f22d6e..eb9d4d5 100644
--- a/dist/action.mjs
+++ b/dist/action.mjs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import path from 'node:path';
 import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process';
 
 /**
+ * @internal
  * Retrieves the value of an environment variable.
  *
  * @param name - The name of the environment variable.
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ function mustGetEnvironment(name) {
  * @returns The value of the GitHub Actions input, or an empty string if not found.
  */
 function getInput(name) {
-    const value = process.env[`INPUT_${name.toUpperCase()}`] || "";
+    const value = process.env[`INPUT_${name.toUpperCase()}`] ?? "";
     return value.trim();
 }
 /**
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1d785c9..53e92ad 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "test": "jest"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "gha-utils": "^0.3.0"
+    "gha-utils": "^0.4.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@eslint/js": "^9.10.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4d3ddde..c71dbc8 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2378,10 +2378,10 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"gha-utils@npm:^0.3.0":
-  version: 0.3.0
-  resolution: "gha-utils@npm:0.3.0"
-  checksum: 10c0/f8fe13abc48640d60072518260c8e6d5fb695e933c3ef2e16970838d3676254d21ed239e4267ae65f83dc5c167a1bd97959005b713217ead7bf8873e79b2343b
+"gha-utils@npm:^0.4.0":
+  version: 0.4.0
+  resolution: "gha-utils@npm:0.4.0"
+  checksum: 10c0/8ea206e160ee8f67eb1aa2422bfe07d67f609fa294447da1a39d5ce1fc677fd1f5d44386a04aa6d0304f042cf8c430553cd13a7df6e2dabbe07932f5738bb29a
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -4110,7 +4110,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/jest": "npm:^29.5.13"
     "@types/node": "npm:^22.5.5"
     eslint: "npm:^9.10.0"
-    gha-utils: "npm:^0.3.0"
+    gha-utils: "npm:^0.4.0"
     jest: "npm:^29.7.0"
     prettier: "npm:^3.3.3"
     rollup: "npm:^4.21.3"