diff --git a/scanpullrequest/scanpullrequest.go b/scanpullrequest/scanpullrequest.go
index 5cc0d2888..fafe3fdf2 100644
--- a/scanpullrequest/scanpullrequest.go
+++ b/scanpullrequest/scanpullrequest.go
@@ -131,11 +131,19 @@ func downloadSourceAndTarget(repoConfig *utils.Repository, scanDetails *utils.Sc
 		err = fmt.Errorf("failed to download source branch code. Error: %s", err.Error())
 		return
 	}
+	if err = utils.CreateSyntheticHeadCommit(sourceBranchWd); err != nil {
+		log.Warn("Failed to create synthetic HEAD commit for source branch: " + err.Error())
+		err = nil
+	}
 	target := repoConfig.Params.Git.PullRequestDetails.Target
 	if targetBranchWd, cleanupTarget, err = utils.DownloadRepoToTempDir(scanDetails.Client(), target.Owner, target.Repository, target.Name); err != nil {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("failed to download target branch code. Error: %s", err.Error())
 		return
 	}
+	if err = utils.CreateSyntheticHeadCommit(targetBranchWd); err != nil {
+		log.Warn("Failed to create synthetic HEAD commit for target branch: " + err.Error())
+		err = nil
+	}
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/utils/git.go b/utils/git.go
index 563e42491..cef66da21 100644
--- a/utils/git.go
+++ b/utils/git.go
@@ -82,6 +82,31 @@ func (gm *GitManager) SetAuth(username, token string) *GitManager {
 	return gm
 }
 
+// CreateSyntheticHeadCommit creates an empty commit in an existing .git directory so that
+// jgit-based tools (e.g. Gradle versioning plugins) can resolve HEAD without a real clone.
+func CreateSyntheticHeadCommit(repoPath string) error {
+	repo, err := git.PlainOpen(repoPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open git repository at '%s': %s", repoPath, err.Error())
+	}
+	w, err := repo.Worktree()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get worktree at '%s': %s", repoPath, err.Error())
+	}
+	_, err = w.Commit("init", &git.CommitOptions{
+		AllowEmptyCommits: true,
+		Author: &object.Signature{
+			Name:  "frogbot",
+			Email: "frogbot@jfrog.com",
+			When:  time.Now(),
+		},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create synthetic HEAD commit at '%s': %s", repoPath, err.Error())
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (gm *GitManager) SetRemoteGitUrl(remoteHttpsGitUrl string) (*GitManager, error) {
 	// Check if the .git directory exists
 	dotGitExists, err := fileutils.IsDirExists(git.GitDirName, false)