diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d6e1f79248..6e43e4107c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## [Unreleased](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/compare/master...develop)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- **scoop-search:** Catch error of parsing invalid manifest ([#5930](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/5930))
+
 ## [v0.4.1](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/compare/v0.4.0...v0.4.1) - 2024-04-25
 
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/libexec/scoop-search.ps1 b/libexec/scoop-search.ps1
index a9013afd02..e112ff61f8 100644
--- a/libexec/scoop-search.ps1
+++ b/libexec/scoop-search.ps1
@@ -65,7 +65,15 @@ function search_bucket($bucket, $query) {
     $apps = Get-ChildItem (Find-BucketDirectory $bucket) -Filter '*.json' -Recurse
 
     $apps | ForEach-Object {
-        $json = [System.Text.Json.JsonDocument]::Parse([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText($_.FullName))
+        $filepath = $_.FullName
+
+        $json = try {
+            [System.Text.Json.JsonDocument]::Parse([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText($filepath))
+        } catch {
+            debug "Failed to parse manifest file: $filepath (error: $_)"
+            return
+        }
+
         $name = $_.BaseName
 
         if ($name -match $query) {