diff --git a/karate-core/src/main/java/com/intuit/karate/http/Response.java b/karate-core/src/main/java/com/intuit/karate/http/Response.java
index 0e29ce964..104903729 100644
--- a/karate-core/src/main/java/com/intuit/karate/http/Response.java
+++ b/karate-core/src/main/java/com/intuit/karate/http/Response.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import static java.util.Objects.nonNull;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import org.graalvm.polyglot.Value;
@@ -122,7 +123,10 @@ public Map<String, Map> getCookies() {
         Map<String, Map> map = new HashMap();
         for (String value : values) {
             Cookie cookie = ClientCookieDecoder.STRICT.decode(value);
-            map.put(cookie.name(), Cookies.toMap(cookie));
+            // skipping cookie containing invalid char
+            if(nonNull(cookie)) {
+            	map.put(cookie.name(), Cookies.toMap(cookie));
+            }
         }
         return map;
     }
diff --git a/karate-core/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/core/mock/MockRunner.java b/karate-core/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/core/mock/MockRunner.java
index 1e49010be..96c196a83 100644
--- a/karate-core/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/core/mock/MockRunner.java
+++ b/karate-core/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/core/mock/MockRunner.java
@@ -60,4 +60,8 @@ void testMultipart() {
         run("upload.feature");
     }    
 
+    @Test
+    void testInvalidCookie() {
+    	run("invalid-cookie.feature");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/karate-core/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/core/mock/_mock.feature b/karate-core/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/core/mock/_mock.feature
index 465527544..4e3247cf1 100644
--- a/karate-core/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/core/mock/_mock.feature
+++ b/karate-core/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/core/mock/_mock.feature
@@ -115,4 +115,7 @@ Scenario: pathMatches('/v1/html')
          <h1>Hello</h1>
         </body>
     </html>
-    """
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+    """
+
+Scenario: pathMatches('/v1/invalid-cookie')
+    * def responseHeaders = { 'Set-Cookie': 'detectedTimeZoneId=FLE Standard Time' }    
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diff --git a/karate-core/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/core/mock/invalid-cookie.feature b/karate-core/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/core/mock/invalid-cookie.feature
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d86fd9fbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/karate-core/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/core/mock/invalid-cookie.feature
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Feature:
+
+Background:
+* url mockServerUrl
+
+  Scenario:
+    * path 'invalid-cookie';
+    * method get
+    * status 200
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