diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aa0cc2b686..659ec4cdf1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 BioJava Changelog
 -----------------
 
+BioJava 7.2.6
+==============================
+### Fixed
+* Parsing of PDBx/mmCIF with empty database_PDB_rev.date
+
 BioJava 7.2.5
 ==============================
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/biojava-structure/src/main/java/org/biojava/nbio/structure/io/cif/CifStructureConsumerImpl.java b/biojava-structure/src/main/java/org/biojava/nbio/structure/io/cif/CifStructureConsumerImpl.java
index 03ebd027c6..94b96b13f8 100644
--- a/biojava-structure/src/main/java/org/biojava/nbio/structure/io/cif/CifStructureConsumerImpl.java
+++ b/biojava-structure/src/main/java/org/biojava/nbio/structure/io/cif/CifStructureConsumerImpl.java
@@ -630,7 +630,8 @@ public void consumeDatabasePDBRev(DatabasePDBRev databasePDBrev) {
                 modDate = relDate;
             } else {
                 String dbrev = databasePDBrev.getDate().get(rowIndex);
-                modDate = convert(LocalDate.parse(dbrev, DATE_FORMAT));
+                if (dbrev != null && !dbrev.isBlank())
+                    modDate = convert(LocalDate.parse(dbrev, DATE_FORMAT));
             }
             pdbHeader.setModDate(modDate);
         }