diff --git a/graphiti_core/utils/maintenance/node_operations.py b/graphiti_core/utils/maintenance/node_operations.py
index 689c6b47..4b2c4733 100644
--- a/graphiti_core/utils/maintenance/node_operations.py
+++ b/graphiti_core/utils/maintenance/node_operations.py
@@ -140,11 +140,12 @@ async def extract_nodes(
             for entity in missing_entities:
                 custom_prompt += f'\n{entity},'
 
+    filtered_extracted_entities = [entity for entity in extracted_entities if entity.name.strip()]
     end = time()
-    logger.debug(f'Extracted new nodes: {extracted_entities} in {(end - start) * 1000} ms')
+    logger.debug(f'Extracted new nodes: {filtered_extracted_entities} in {(end - start) * 1000} ms')
     # Convert the extracted data into EntityNode objects
     extracted_nodes = []
-    for extracted_entity in extracted_entities:
+    for extracted_entity in filtered_extracted_entities:
         entity_type_name = entity_types_context[extracted_entity.entity_type_id].get(
             'entity_type_name'
         )
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1dc3512a..fcdc0a17 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [project]
 name = "graphiti-core"
 description = "A temporal graph building library"
-version = "0.11.2"
+version = "0.11.3"
 authors = [
     { "name" = "Paul Paliychuk", "email" = "paul@getzep.com" },
     { "name" = "Preston Rasmussen", "email" = "preston@getzep.com" },