diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 709b3d5..898c09f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,11 +7,14 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.7.4] - 2019-10-31
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - Needed dependencies were removed. 
 Put back Python Dependencies until we can properly review which ones can be removed and which cant.
 https://github.com/open-contracting/lib-cove-ocds/issues/31
+- Don't error when looking up a path on a empty schema (e.g. due to broken refs)
 
 ## [0.7.3] - 2019-09-23
 
diff --git a/libcoveocds/lib/common_checks.py b/libcoveocds/lib/common_checks.py
index 2962314..1c25541 100644
--- a/libcoveocds/lib/common_checks.py
+++ b/libcoveocds/lib/common_checks.py
@@ -354,6 +354,8 @@ def _lookup_schema(schema, path, ref_info=None):
             return _lookup_schema(schema['properties'][path_item], child_path, ref_info)
         else:
             return None, None
+    else:
+        return None, None
 
 
 def lookup_schema(schema, path):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index eea66f2..7227e8d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='libcoveocds',
-    version='0.7.3',
+    version='0.7.4',
     author='Open Data Services',
     author_email='data@open-contracting.org',
     url='https://github.com/open-contracting/lib-cove-ocds',