diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index c629903..c9b110e 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -57770,7 +57770,7 @@ module.exports = function () {
 
 /***/ }),
 
-/***/ 4791:
+/***/ 4736:
 /***/ ((module) => {
 
 
@@ -57985,7 +57985,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
 
 
-const { maxNameValuePairSize, maxAttributeValueSize } = __nccwpck_require__(4791)
+const { maxNameValuePairSize, maxAttributeValueSize } = __nccwpck_require__(4736)
 const { isCTLExcludingHtab } = __nccwpck_require__(3319)
 const { collectASequenceOfCodePointsFast } = __nccwpck_require__(6932)
 const assert = __nccwpck_require__(9491)
@@ -93752,7 +93752,7 @@ const got = source_create(defaults);
 const external_node_stream_promises_namespaceObject = __WEBPACK_EXTERNAL_createRequire(import.meta.url)("node:stream/promises");
 ;// CONCATENATED MODULE: external "node:zlib"
 const external_node_zlib_namespaceObject = __WEBPACK_EXTERNAL_createRequire(import.meta.url)("node:zlib");
-;// CONCATENATED MODULE: ./node_modules/.pnpm/github.com+DeterminateSystems+detsys-ts@b2ff406239cb9d311fa9dad332ccfee2669ce6dc_o2lwkok3rvt3rnal2ayts63upe/node_modules/detsys-ts/dist/index.js
+;// CONCATENATED MODULE: ./node_modules/.pnpm/github.com+DeterminateSystems+detsys-ts@38e5bec8265276e0ffc60a474eeb0fe563690ad1_ohjjfxyz5zc5v7acp635bu77r4/node_modules/detsys-ts/dist/index.js
 var __defProp = Object.defineProperty;
 var __export = (target, all) => {
   for (var name in all)
@@ -94117,7 +94117,11 @@ var getArrayOfStrings = (name, separator) => {
 };
 var handleString = (input, separator) => {
   const sepChar = separator === "comma" ? "," : /\s+/;
-  return input.trim().split(sepChar).map((s) => s.trim());
+  const trimmed = input.trim();
+  if (trimmed === "") {
+    return [];
+  }
+  return trimmed.split(sepChar).map((s) => s.trim());
 };
 var getMultilineStringOrNull = (name) => {
   const value = core.getMultilineInput(name);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0947056..b9eeac8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@actions/core": "^1.10.1",
     "@actions/exec": "^1.1.1",
-    "detsys-ts": "github:DeterminateSystems/detsys-ts",
+    "detsys-ts": "github:DeterminateSystems/detsys-ts#array-inputs",
     "got": "^14.2.1",
     "tail": "^2.2.6"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@trivago/prettier-plugin-sort-imports": "^4.3.0",
-    "@types/node": "^20.12.9",
+    "@types/node": "^20.12.10",
     "@types/tail": "^2.2.3",
     "@types/uuid": "^9.0.8",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^7.8.0",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 7edbca3..069106e 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ dependencies:
     specifier: ^1.1.1
     version: 1.1.1
   detsys-ts:
-    specifier: github:DeterminateSystems/detsys-ts
-    version: github.com/DeterminateSystems/detsys-ts/b2ff406239cb9d311fa9dad332ccfee2669ce6dc
+    specifier: github:DeterminateSystems/detsys-ts#array-inputs
+    version: github.com/DeterminateSystems/detsys-ts/38e5bec8265276e0ffc60a474eeb0fe563690ad1
   got:
     specifier: ^14.2.1
     version: 14.2.1
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ devDependencies:
     specifier: ^4.3.0
     version: 4.3.0(prettier@3.2.5)
   '@types/node':
-    specifier: ^20.12.9
-    version: 20.12.9
+    specifier: ^20.12.10
+    version: 20.12.10
   '@types/tail':
     specifier: ^2.2.3
     version: 2.2.3
@@ -896,12 +896,12 @@ packages:
   /@types/node-fetch@2.6.11:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-24xFj9R5+rfQJLRyM56qh+wnVSYhyXC2tkoBndtY0U+vubqNsYXGjufB2nn8Q6gt0LrARwL6UBtMCSVCwl4B1g==}
     dependencies:
-      '@types/node': 20.12.9
+      '@types/node': 20.12.10
       form-data: 4.0.0
     dev: false
 
-  /@types/node@20.12.9:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-o93r47yu04MHumPBCFg0bMPBMNgtMg3jzbhl7e68z50+BMHmRMGDJv13eBlUgOdc9i/uoJXGMGYLtJV4ReTXEg==}
+  /@types/node@20.12.10:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-Eem5pH9pmWBHoGAT8Dr5fdc5rYA+4NAovdM4EktRPVAAiJhmWWfQrA0cFhAbOsQdSfIHjAud6YdkbL69+zSKjw==}
     dependencies:
       undici-types: 5.26.5
 
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ packages:
   /@types/tunnel@0.0.3:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-sOUTGn6h1SfQ+gbgqC364jLFBw2lnFqkgF3q0WovEHRLMrVD1sd5aufqi/aJObLekJO+Aq5z646U4Oxy6shXMA==}
     dependencies:
-      '@types/node': 20.12.9
+      '@types/node': 20.12.10
     dev: false
 
   /@types/uuid@9.0.8:
@@ -1275,7 +1275,7 @@ packages:
     hasBin: true
     dependencies:
       caniuse-lite: 1.0.30001616
-      electron-to-chromium: 1.4.756
+      electron-to-chromium: 1.4.757
       node-releases: 2.0.14
       update-browserslist-db: 1.0.15(browserslist@4.23.0)
     dev: true
@@ -1533,8 +1533,8 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-I88TYZWc9XiYHRQ4/3c5rjjfgkjhLyW2luGIheGERbNQ6OY7yTybanSpDXZa8y7VUP9YmDcYa+eyq4ca7iLqWA==}
     dev: true
 
-  /electron-to-chromium@1.4.756:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-RJKZ9+vEBMeiPAvKNWyZjuYyUqMndcP1f335oHqn3BEQbs2NFtVrnK5+6Xg5wSM9TknNNpWghGDUCKGYF+xWXw==}
+  /electron-to-chromium@1.4.757:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-jftDaCknYSSt/+KKeXzH3LX5E2CvRLm75P3Hj+J/dv3CL0qUYcOt13d5FN1NiL5IJbbhzHrb3BomeG2tkSlZmw==}
     dev: true
 
   /emoji-regex@8.0.0:
@@ -3831,8 +3831,8 @@ packages:
     engines: {node: '>=10'}
     dev: true
 
-  github.com/DeterminateSystems/detsys-ts/b2ff406239cb9d311fa9dad332ccfee2669ce6dc:
-    resolution: {tarball: https://codeload.github.com/DeterminateSystems/detsys-ts/tar.gz/b2ff406239cb9d311fa9dad332ccfee2669ce6dc}
+  github.com/DeterminateSystems/detsys-ts/38e5bec8265276e0ffc60a474eeb0fe563690ad1:
+    resolution: {tarball: https://codeload.github.com/DeterminateSystems/detsys-ts/tar.gz/38e5bec8265276e0ffc60a474eeb0fe563690ad1}
     name: detsys-ts
     version: 1.0.0
     dependencies: