diff --git a/rewrite-groovy/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/groovy/tree/MapEntryTest.java b/rewrite-groovy/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/groovy/tree/MapEntryTest.java
index 65bb4a17492..67ee80177cd 100644
--- a/rewrite-groovy/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/groovy/tree/MapEntryTest.java
+++ b/rewrite-groovy/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/groovy/tree/MapEntryTest.java
@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ void emptyMapLiteral() {
         );
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void emptyMapLiteralWithParentheses() {
+        rewriteRun(
+          groovy("Map m =  ([  :  ])")
+        );
+    }
+
     @Test
     void mapAccess() {
         rewriteRun(