diff --git a/utils/utils.go b/utils/utils.go
index 61c357d..e9244b8 100644
--- a/utils/utils.go
+++ b/utils/utils.go
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ func FindKeyNodeFull(key string, nodes []*yaml.Node) (keyNode *yaml.Node, labelN
 				}
 			}
 
-			if key == v.Content[x].Value {
+			if len(v.Content) > 0 && key == v.Content[x].Value {
 				if IsNodeMap(v) {
 					if x+1 == len(v.Content) {
 						return v, v.Content[x], NodeAlias(v.Content[x])
diff --git a/utils/utils_test.go b/utils/utils_test.go
index 5290ed6..244cf21 100644
--- a/utils/utils_test.go
+++ b/utils/utils_test.go
@@ -1002,6 +1002,47 @@ func TestDetermineJSONWhitespaceLength_None(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 0, DetermineWhitespaceLength(string(someBytes)))
 }
 
+func TestFindFirstKeyNode_MergeTest(t *testing.T) {
+	yml := []byte(`openapi: 3.0.3
+
+x-a: &anchor
+  important-field: true
+
+x-b:
+  <<: *anchor
+`)
+
+	var rootNode yaml.Node
+	_ = yaml.Unmarshal(yml, &rootNode)
+
+	k, v := FindFirstKeyNode("important-field", rootNode.Content[0].Content[5].Content, 0)
+	assert.NotNil(t, k)
+	assert.NotNil(t, v)
+	assert.Equal(t, "true", v.Value)
+
+}
+
+func TestFindKeyNodeFull_MergeTest(t *testing.T) {
+	yml := []byte(`openapi: 3.0.3
+
+x-a: &anchor
+  important-field: true
+
+x-b:
+  <<: *anchor
+`)
+
+	var rootNode yaml.Node
+	_ = yaml.Unmarshal(yml, &rootNode)
+
+	k, l, v := FindKeyNodeFull("servers", rootNode.Content[0].Content)
+	assert.NotNil(t, k)
+	assert.NotNil(t, v)
+	assert.NotNil(t, l)
+	assert.Equal(t, "true", v.Value)
+
+}
+
 func TestFindFirstKeyNode_DoubleMerge(t *testing.T) {
 	yml := []byte(`openapi: 3.0.3