diff --git a/llama-index-integrations/llms/llama-index-llms-anthropic/llama_index/llms/anthropic/utils.py b/llama-index-integrations/llms/llama-index-llms-anthropic/llama_index/llms/anthropic/utils.py
index 202874c0e3f8f..dd1e906c43243 100644
--- a/llama-index-integrations/llms/llama-index-llms-anthropic/llama_index/llms/anthropic/utils.py
+++ b/llama-index-integrations/llms/llama-index-llms-anthropic/llama_index/llms/anthropic/utils.py
@@ -166,7 +166,10 @@ def messages_to_anthropic_messages(
                         if "cache_control" in message.additional_kwargs
                         else TextBlockParam(text=block.text, type="text")
                     )
-                    content.append(content_)
+
+                    # avoid empty text blocks
+                    if content_["text"]:
+                        content.append(content_)
                 elif isinstance(block, ImageBlock):
                     # FUTURE: Claude does not support URLs, so we need to always convert to base64
                     img_bytes = block.resolve_image(as_base64=True).read()
diff --git a/llama-index-integrations/llms/llama-index-llms-anthropic/pyproject.toml b/llama-index-integrations/llms/llama-index-llms-anthropic/pyproject.toml
index 5ada78ac87def..9756e0e500716 100644
--- a/llama-index-integrations/llms/llama-index-llms-anthropic/pyproject.toml
+++ b/llama-index-integrations/llms/llama-index-llms-anthropic/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ exclude = ["**/BUILD"]
 license = "MIT"
 name = "llama-index-llms-anthropic"
 readme = "README.md"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.6.1"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = ">=3.9,<4.0"