diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 107901f..46e17ed 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Fixed
+- Fix `Phlib\JobQueue\AwsSqs\JobQueue` throwing an exception when `JobQueue->retrieve()` is called on an empty queue and using an ElasticMQ server.
 
 ## [3.2.0] - 2025-11-11
 ### Changed
diff --git a/src/AwsSqs/JobQueue.php b/src/AwsSqs/JobQueue.php
index f3d25a8..4f1eb65 100644
--- a/src/AwsSqs/JobQueue.php
+++ b/src/AwsSqs/JobQueue.php
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public function retrieve(string $queue): ?JobInterface
                 'MaxNumberOfMessages' => 1,
             ]);
 
-            if (!isset($result['Messages'])) {
+            if (empty($result['Messages'])) {
                 return null;
             }